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Post by lauren on Nov 23, 2005 20:25:12 GMT -5
I don't know where to put this and it is too trivial to have a thread dedicated to it....but it partly involves TPP so I'll post here
The setting at the beginning of UA is described as a tall, imposing building with a wide, imposing lobby and a middle-aged, imposing doorman, usually dressed in a coat that is too big for him, standing at the entrance to direct visitors to the elevators pg x UA
What was originally suspected to be the apartments on 667 Dark avenue also fits the description of hotel denouement....
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Post by hugmydictator on Nov 24, 2005 1:14:28 GMT -5
Oh that is interesting. But did Hotel D have a doorman?
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Post by euro on Nov 24, 2005 1:49:07 GMT -5
no. no they didn't. That is, unless you count Frank, maybe Ernest. Whomever was sortof a doorman; he greeted the Baudelaires at the door.
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Post by hugmydictator on Nov 24, 2005 1:52:46 GMT -5
I don't think they can be considered a doorman they are the managers of the Hotel. Unless they are Manager/Doorman.
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Post by Juan Roberto Montoya De Toledo on Nov 24, 2005 2:36:29 GMT -5
I don't know where to put this and it is too trivial to have a thread dedicated to it....but it partly involves TPP so I'll post here The setting at the beginning of UA is described as a tall, imposing building with a wide, imposing lobby and a middle-aged, imposing doorman, usually dressed in a coat that is too big for him, standing at the entrance to direct visitors to the elevators pg x UA What was originally suspected to be the apartments on 667 Dark avenue also fits the description of hotel denouement.... Actually, that was the description of the publishing house. |
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Post by Antenora on Nov 24, 2005 7:51:46 GMT -5
You're right; it says the doorman had taken his job in hopes of getting his diary published. I think it's supposed to be the HarperCollins building. And the Hotel didn't have a doorman during TPP, although there might have been one, working for VFD, at some point.
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Post by Dante on Nov 24, 2005 10:01:13 GMT -5
Handler says in the introduction that the letter to him (from the person who received the doorman's diary) was from the people who published the U.A. - so yes, it is certainly the publishers, be they HarperCollins or Egmont or anyone else.
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Nov 24, 2005 11:06:12 GMT -5
LOL. Nice on Handler's part to mention the publisher.  |
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Post by Grace on Nov 26, 2005 9:18:45 GMT -5
I don't know where to put this and it is too trivial to have a thread dedicated to it....but it partly involves TPP so I'll post here The setting at the beginning of UA is described as a tall, imposing building with a wide, imposing lobby and a middle-aged, imposing doorman, usually dressed in a coat that is too big for him, standing at the entrance to direct visitors to the elevators pg x UA What was originally suspected to be the apartments on 667 Dark avenue also fits the description of hotel denouement.... AND...Fernald and Frernest (Frank/Ernest) were both described as tall and skinny with long arms (Fernald in TBB, Frernest in TPP.) |
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Nov 26, 2005 10:51:20 GMT -5
But Fernald is already a Widdershins, unless the Denouments and the Widdershins are part of the same family tree.
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Post by Dante on Nov 26, 2005 10:58:58 GMT -5
Fernald (and Fiona')s surname isn't Widdershins. Captain Widdershins is only his stepfather, not his real father. That man left the family many years ago, when Fiona was just a baby.
Edit: So in theory, Fernald and Fiona's father could be a Denouement - but it's highly unlikely.
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Post by RockSunner on Nov 26, 2005 11:06:53 GMT -5
If triplets run in the Denouement family, Fernald and Fiona break the pattern. I agree they are not likely to be Denouements.
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Post by Ennui on Nov 26, 2005 11:07:45 GMT -5
I don't see why it couldn't be Frank...the F theme continuing...a more solid candidate than many, anyway...
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Nov 26, 2005 11:08:48 GMT -5
Oh duh, think OH13.....
then it's possible that they are with the same family.
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Post by lauren on Nov 26, 2005 20:44:52 GMT -5
Well purhaps fernald and fiona have a long lost sibling...I mean, to fit in with the three sibling pattern....  |
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