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[ CD 소개 ]
국내에 영화로도 소개된 베스트셀러 작가인 레모니 스니켓의 Series of Unfortunate Events 중에서 The Ersatz Elevator의 내용을 4시간 30분 분량의 CD 4개에 원문 그대로 녹음한 제품입니다.
보들레어가의 불행한 고아 남매인 바이올렛, 클라우스, 서니의 모험이 흥미진진하게 펼쳐집니다. 인기 배우인 팀 커리의 목소리로 녹음한 오디오북입니다.
[ 서지 정보 ]
Edition: 4 CDs (4시간 30분)
ISBN: 0060566213
Performed by Tim Curry
[ 영문 서평 ]
Product Description
In their most daring misadventure, the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by very, very rich people, whose penthouse apartment is located mysteriously close to the place where all their misfortune began. Even though their new home in the city is fancy, and the children are clever and charming, I'm sorry to say that still, the unlucky orphans will encounter more disaster and woe. In fact, in this sixth book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, the children will experience a darkened staircase, a red herring, an auction, parsley soda, some friends in a dire situation, a secret passageway, and pinstripe suits.
Both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted, A Series of Unfortunate Events offers an exquisitely dark comedy in the tradition of Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl. Lemony Snicket's uproariously unhappy books continue to win readers, despite all his warning.
Book Magazine
The six installments of this highly popular recent series present their melodramatic yet humorous tales in a neat, old-fashioned format with decorative endpapers and apt illustrations. The three Baudelaire orphans, who find themselves with a new guardian in every book, repeatedly fend off the evil Count Olaf. This time, guardian Jerome Squalor means well, but his wife, Esme, is not to be trusted. Meanwhile, the three children are trying to rescue two of their young friends, who are being held captive by the Count. The narrator adds tongue-in-cheek humor to this sixth book about the Baudelaire orphans' dangerous escapades.
Children's Literature
Lemony Snicket appears to have depleted his inspiration in this, his Book the Sixth, of "A Series of Unfortunate Events." Or perhaps the long-running joke is merely running out of steam. Snicket spends pages nitpicking at words like "nervous" vs. "anxious," as is his usual wont. But the pseudonymous author's droll style is straining at the seams. The plot itself is equally strained. The Baudelaire orphans are adopted yet again—this time by a rich couple obsessed with style as opposed to rational living. Thus, as elevators are currently "out," the children spend most of the 259 pages trudging up and down an unknown number of flights of stairs (or the ersatz elevator itself) getting to and from their new apartment home. The only hopeful addition to the latest in the Baudelaire's saga is that baby Sunny has finally matured enough that her vocabulary has been graduated to a few real—rather than ersatz—words. Could this slip signify that an end is in sight to the Baudelaire's tortures? This devoutly desired denouement is, alas, dubious. 2001, HarperCollins, $14.89 and $9.95. Ages 10 up. Reviewer: Kathleen Karr
VOYA
A Series of Unfortunate Events chronicles the perilous adventures of the Baudelaire children, thirteen-year-old Violet, twelve-year-old Klaus, and toddler Sunny. They were orphaned when their wealthy parents died in a tragic accident. Their parents' bank places them with a series of totally unsuitable guardians, from whom they must always make their escape. The evil Count Olaf lusts after their inheritance and continually tries to capture them. In every book in the series, he appears in a disguise that no adult can penetrate, yet the children always know it is he. In The Ersatz Elevator, the incompetent Mr. Poe takes the orphans to their latest guardians, Jerome and Esme Squalor, who live in the penthouse of a very tall building with no working elevator. The Squalors slavishly follow what is in style, and Esme is the city's sixth most important financial advisor. The children find that Olaf has disguised himself as Gunther, Esme's auctioneer, and they learn that he has brought two of the Quagmire triplets, Duncan and Isadora—their third sibling died a few books back—and is holding them captive at the bottom of the elevator shaft. Before the Baudelaires can rescue their friends—also rich orphans—Olaf takes them away and runs off with Esme, his former student. Books in this series are reminiscent of Victorian melodrama. They are full of anachronisms, and the people and events are completely outlandish—readers must suspend disbelief and go along for the ride. Younger teens with a lively sense of the ridiculous will appreciate the preposterous plots and predicaments, and older teens might enjoy the wordplay as evidenced in some of the characters' names. For others, asmall dose of Snicket will go a long way. Reading the books in order—beginning with The Bad Beginning (HarperTrophy, 1999), The Reptile Room (1999), The Wide Window (2000), The Miserable Mill (2000), and The Austere Academy (2000)—is preferred, but one will not feel lost by starting with any. Libraries already owning the series in their children's departments will not need an additional set, except perhaps for larger facilities. Middle schools with generous budgets also might want to acquire the books. VOYA CODES:3Q 2P M J (Readable without serious defects
School Library Journal
The resourceful, likable, but extremely unlucky orphans Violet, Klaus, and baby Sunny continue to flee from the clutches of the fortune-hunting, disguise-wearing Count Olaf. Also, they need to discover the whereabouts of their kidnapped friends, Duncan and Isadora Quagmire, based on the puzzling clue "V.F.D." In Elevator, the three Baudelaires go to live in the penthouse of the trend-following Jerome and Esm Squalor, who adopt the children because orphans are "in." Despite the Baudelaires' resourcefulness, both Olaf and the Quagmires elude the grasp of the authorities due to the obtuseness of adults who, until it is too late, deny that terrible things can happen. In Village, the Baudelaires travel to V.F.D., a village that adopts the orphans based on the aphorism, "it takes a village to raise a child." They uncover the whereabouts of the Quagmires, but, as in the earlier books, they find neither respite nor peace from Count Olaf's machinations. Despite Snicket's artful turning of clich s on their well-worn heads, Elevator sometimes belabors the fallacy of fads at the expense of plot. Nonetheless, the satiric treatment of adults' insistence upon decorum at the expense of truth is simultaneously satisfying and unsettling, as are the deft slams at slant journalism in Village. Arch literary allusions enhance the stories for readers on different levels. Despite Snicket's perpetual caveats to "put this book down and pick up another one," the Baudelaires are dynamic characters who inspire loyalty to the inevitable end of the series.
AudioFile
In this sixth installment in A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Baudelaire orphans once again face off against Count Olaf and deal with yet another set of inadequate guardians. Tim Curry knows just how to deliver Snicket's brand of alternately dry and over-the-top humor. The voices Curry creates are perfect. Count Olaf sounds just as evil and creepy as he is, and the rest of the adults sound just as evil or incompetent as they turn out to be. Curry's voices for the Baulderlaires themselves are more subtle, but still distinct. Curry even manages to carry off the touching moments of the book, as the children mourn the loss of their parents and their inability to save the Quagmire triplets. A.F. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine |
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