A Series of Unfortunate Events is a 13 novel series for children, and adults alike. The author of this series name is Daniel Handler, but uses the pen name Lemony Snicket for the Series of Unfortunate Events. Within the series, we read about three children who, in the first novel, are left as orphans after a fire consumed their parents mansion with the parents inside. The death of the three children’s parents left them traumatized and left with nowhere to stay or anyone to live with. We soon find out that Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire have a relative that they never met, and they never heard of, or even knew existed.

After finding out that the Baudelaire’s parents were killed in the tragic accident and the three children were left an enormous fortune, the relative known as Count Olaf decided he would bring them in to live at his house. A murderous type of guy Count Olaf is, and from the beginning, he makes it very clear to the children that he does not love or care about any of them, he just has his eyes on their fortune. Constantly trying to keep the children into his possession for the sole purpose of being able to steal money from them when they become of age to inherit the cash. Scheme after scheme, Count Olaf does completely absurd things to the children. He even goes as far as trying to trick the eldest of the children Violet, to marry him as a way of getting the money. Although this is completely disgusting, an old man, relative at that, trying to marry an innocent 14 year old girl, his plan fails miserably.

Count Olaf throughout the series never gives up. He gets help from his loser friend accomplices to carry out his evil deeds. Count Olaf not only tried to trick Violet into marrying him, he also commits murders, arson, and other crimes. The villainous Olaf even fakes his own death in one of the novels and tries to frame the children of this. As each scheme is put into action, the children always stay a step ahead of Count Olaf and always get the best of him.