Characters
Violet, Klaus, Sunny and Count Olaf return in this book, and continue to appear in all subsequent books. Mr Poe, and the person who looks like neither a man nor a woman, also feature in this book. This book contains the only appearances of Aunt Josephine, and Larry, the waiter at the Anxious Clown restaurant.
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