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SteampunkGothic Fiction

The Hostile Hospital

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  • 2001 first published
  • 263 pages
  • ★ 4.1 (29 ratings)
  • 25 editions
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Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist and Michael Kupperman's The Hostile Hospital (2001) is a steampunk and gothic fiction novel. It deals with orphans, brothers and sisters, hospitals and Humour.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 29 ratings, and 94 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 25 editions across 4 languages.

It runs to roughly 263 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Hostile Hospital

There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery and despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming and clever Baudelaire children read on...The Hostile Hospital - There are many pleasant things to read about, but this book contains none of them. Within its pages are such burdensome details as a suspicious shopkeeper, unnecessary surgery, heartshaped balloons, and some very starling news about a fire. Clearly you do not want to read about such things.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Orphans
  • Medical fiction
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Children's fiction
  • Humorous stories
  • Hospitals
  • Récits humoristiques anglais
  • English Humorous stories
  • Humour
  • Steampunk
  • Mystery
  • Gothic fiction
  • Absurdist fiction
  • Recits humoristiques anglais
  • Violet Baudelaire
  • Klaus Baudelaire

Quick answers

Who wrote The Hostile Hospital?

The Hostile Hospital was written by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist and Michael Kupperman and first published in 2001.

What genre is The Hostile Hospital?

It is usually shelved as Steampunk and Gothic Fiction.

How long is The Hostile Hospital?

The median edition has 263 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Hostile Hospital?

Readers who like it often enjoy Clockwork Prince, The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge and The Looking Glass Wars.

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