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SteampunkGothic Fiction

The Austere Academy

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  • 2000 first published
  • 235 pages
  • ★ 4.1 (41 ratings)
  • 38 editions
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The Austere Academy is a 2000 steampunk and gothic fiction novel by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist and Michael Kupperman. Readers will find themes of Humour, hermanos, brothers and sisters and ficción juvenil.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 41 ratings, and 103 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 38 editions across 9 languages.

At about 235 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About The Austere Academy

As the three Baudelaire orphans warily approach their new home 埐rufrock Preparatory School : they can't help but notice the enormous stone arch bearing the school's motto Memento Mori or "Remember you will die." This is not a cheerful greeting and certainly marks an inauspicious beginning to a very bleak story just as we have come to expect from Lemony Snickett's Series of Unfortunate Events, the deliciously morbid set of books that began with The Bad Beginning and only got worse. Ages 10+
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Humour
  • Steampunk
  • Mystery
  • Gothic fiction
  • Absurdist fiction
  • Hermanos
  • Humorous stories
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Récits humoristiques anglais
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Escuelas
  • Cuentos humorísticos
  • Boarding schools
  • Schools
  • English Humorous stories
  • Huérfanos

Quick answers

Who wrote The Austere Academy?

The Austere Academy was written by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist and Michael Kupperman and first published in 2000.

What genre is The Austere Academy?

It is usually shelved as Steampunk and Gothic Fiction.

How long is The Austere Academy?

The median edition has 235 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Austere Academy?

Readers who like it often enjoy Etiquette & espionage (Finishing School #1), The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge and The Difference Engine.

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