The Penultimate Peril
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ISBN 0-06-441015-3 | | |
Preceded by | The Grim Grotto | |
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Followed by | The End |
Book the Twelfth: The Penultimate Peril is the twelfth novel in the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.
Plot
The Baudelaire orphans,
During their first day of disguised employment, the Baudelaires split up to assist the hotel's guests - Violet assists
Klaus concludes that Carmelita Spats requested the harpoon gun to shoot down a bird carrying the sugar bowl, as Sunny mentioned that Hal and a manager were discussing the sugar bowl (an object both volunteers and villains are seeking for unknown reasons) and the Medusoid Mycelium (a deadly fungus parasite they encounter in the previous book) - the flypaper would retrieve the bird's body, and the sugar bowl would fall into the laundry room, in which the room's door was converted into a Vernacularly Fastened Door.
Shortly after his proposal, a man encounters them and reveals himself as
While the four re-enter the hotel,
Shortly after the authorities arrive, the orphans, along with Olaf, are about to disembark by sea; however, Justice attempts to intervene. Sunny apologetically bites her hand, and the four sail away from the area, and out to sea.
Foreshadowing
In the last picture of The Penultimate Peril, Count Olaf and the Baudelaire children sail away from the smoking shore aboard a large ship.
Unlike the other novels, there are no hints or foreshadowing to the next book.
Translations
- Dutch: "Het voorlaatste gevaar" (The Penultimate Peril)
- ISBN 951-0-32089-7
- French: "Le Pénultième Péril" (The Penultimate Peril)
- German: ”Das haarsträubende Hotel” (The Outlandish Hotel)
- ISBN 978-4-7942-1623-6
- ISBN 9788202259754
- Persian: “خطر ما قبل اخر" (The Penultimate Risk)
- Polish: ”Przedostatnia pułapka” (The Penultimate Trap)
- ISBN 5-352-02021-5
- ISBN 9789749908778
Adaptation
The book was adapted into the fifth and sixth episodes of the third season of the television series adaptation produced by Netflix.[1]
References
- ^ Snetiker, Marc (January 11, 2017). "Lemony Snicket speaks out about Netflix's Series of Unfortunate Events". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 12, 2017.