p.229 , Chapter 9, Book 12

[froyd]

On page 229 of Chapter 9 of Book the Twelfth we are in the middle of Olaf's count down to the harpooning of Dewey.

Violet takes a step towards Olaf at the count of FOUR. Klaus then takes a step forward "joining his sister" Finally, at the count of SIX the book reads: ""Please," Sunny said, joining her sisters."

Is the use of the words sisters a typo? Logic suggest it should be "joining her siblings" or "joining her brother and sister".

Or is this a code?

[Deleted]

I think it was a mistake. Here it is, from the Great Re-Read:

Oh, and I just realised – I thought it was in this chapter, but it’s Chapter Nine. There’s a typo, “her sisters,” the “her” being Sunny. It’s meant to be “siblings,” as in the context it refers to Sunny walking to stand with Violet and Klaus, but some people took it as further indication that there was a secret Baudelaire sibling, possibly the Beatrice in TBL (when that came out). But I think – and I think this about TBL too – that if you’re looking for clues in typos, you’ve gone off the deep end.

For more on this topic, you should check the re-read thread. They've discussed the book there~

[Dante]

Thanks, tk. Aye, this seems to me to be a pretty clear typo. They do exist here and there, although they're mostly numerical errors.

[Wasabi]

Unless, of course, there's some crazy possibility that Klaus is a transvestite.

[Ernist]

which addition do you have

[Dante]

I believe this was present in the first edition of the book, and I don't know if they ever corrected it, although I suspect not. Maybe the next time any of us visit a bookstore, we could pick up a copy of TPP, check how recent an edition it is, and see if the typo is still present.

[Invisible]

I can't remember which book it was (I think it might've been TRR) and noticed "unforunate" instead of "unfortunate."

[Dante]

Given that it's in the title of the series, that's a pretty unfortunate mistake to make.