Eventually, Monty does realize Stephano is evil, but believes Stephano to be an impostor sent to steal the Incredibly Deadly Viper. They try to warn Monty, but Stephano foils these attempts.

When Stephano arrives, the children realize that he is Count Olaf in disguise. She also befriends the Incredibly Deadly Viper. The three children are each given jobs in the Reptile Room: Violet is given the job of inventing traps for new snakes found in Peru, Klaus is told to read books on snakes to help advise Uncle Monty and Sunny's job is to bite ropes into usable pieces. The snake's name is a misnomer since it is harmless Monty intends to use it to play a practical joke on the Herpetologist Society in revenge for their ridiculing his name, Montgomery Montgomery. They meet The Incredibly Deadly Viper, which Monty has only recently discovered. The children are fascinated by the many snakes in the Reptile Room, a giant hall in which Monty's reptile collection is stored. He says that his old assistant, Gustav, had suddenly resigned (Gustav could possibly be Gustav Sebald). Monty tells the children that they will be going on an expedition to Peru, once his new assistant, Stephano, arrives. Each of the children can have their own room. He is much friendlier than Count Olaf, and gives the children free rein in the house. He invites the children in for coconut cream cake. Montgomery, or 'Uncle Monty' as he prefers to be called, is a short, chubby man with a round red face. Montgomery is the Baudelaire's 'late father's cousin's wife's brother.'ĭr. Montgomery Montgomery, who lives on Lousy Lane, which smells like horseradish.

3 Cultural references and literary allusionsĪfter being taken away from their horrible guardian Count Olaf, (who tried to steal their fortune), the three baudelaire children are taken by Mr.

Montgomery to be a kind herpetologist, Count Olaf's final threat in the previous book continues to throw a shadow over their future. It was later released in paperback under the title The Reptile Room or, Murder! Having just escaped from the greedy and evil Count Olaf in the first book, the Baudelaire children are now taken to live with another relative, Dr. The Reptile Room is a children's novel and the second of A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. ISBN 0064407675 (first edition, hardback) Lemony Snicket (pen name of Daniel Handler)

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