Beatrice (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

Beatrice is a fictional character in the children's book series, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.

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Fiction - Book series - A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket

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All that is mentioned of her is only a few ambiguous sentences long, so it is very hard to determine who and what she did. The narrator, Lemony Snicket, was in love with her, but she married someone else and dies under tragic circumstances. She was at one time chased by Count Olaf, and Lemony Snicket, disguised as a bullfighter, arrived at a masquerade ball where she was disuised as a dragonfly to deliver information to her, but was too late. This may have led to her death. There is a triptych entitled What happened to Beatrice, which includes a typewriter, a fire and a beautiful woman. Snicket started writing the Baudelaire's story because of Beatrice, according to .

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Lemony Snicket - Bullfighter - Dragonfly - Triptych

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Each of the books in A Series of Unfortunate Events is dedicated to her, with lines such as (from Book the First: The Bad Beginning)

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To Beatrice, Darling, Dearest, Dead,

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(from Book the Fifth: The Austere Academy)

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You will always be in my heart, in my mind, and in your grave.

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and (from book the seventh: The Vile Village):

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When we were together, I felt breathless. Now you are.

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She is based in part on Beatrice Portinari, the beloved of the poet Dante, who spurned him and then died young. He devoted his Divine Comedy to her, and in it she figures as his muse and personal saviour. She arranges for his journey through the afterlife and guides him through heaven.

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Beatrice Portinari - Dante - Divine Comedy

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