A list of Dewey Decimal classifications that would prove very handy indeed if the curious reader were to happen upon The Penultimate Peril: Book the Twelfth from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. If you notice I left a classification of note off the list, please let me know! Also, much thanks to Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library System for painstakingly listing all of the Dewey classifications, making this post possible.
000 Generalities
020 Library and Information Science
025 Library operations
100 Psychology and Philosphy
101 Theory of philosophy
118 Force & Energy
121 Epistemology (Theory of knowledge)
123 Determinism & indeterminism
128 Humankind
131 Occult methods for achieving well-being
135 Dreams & mysteries
152 Perception, movement, emotions, drives
Fallacies & sources of error
168 Argument & persuasion
174 Economic & professional ethics
175 Ethics of recreation & leisure
176 Ethics of sex & reproduction
178 Ethics of consumption
200 Religion296 Judaism
300 Social Sciences
371 School management; special education
400 Languages
469 Portugese
500 Math and Science
547 Organic chemistry
594 Mollusca & Molluscoidea
613 Promotion of health
621 Applied physics
674 Lumber processing, wood products, cork
697 Heating, ventilating, air-conditioning
786 Keyboard & other instruments
792 Stage presentations
800 Literature and Rhetoric
831 German poetry
954 General history of Asia South Asia India
999 Extraterrestrial worlds
I checked online to see if this list was previously made, and came up with nada. What I did find, however, was this excellent Lemony Snicket resource concerning literary allusions in the final book. If you check out the main page, you will find some fancy delights--including Lemony Snicket's ipod playlist.
EDIT: I stand corrected. My very own professor Jill Ratzan created a list of her own, as you can view in the comments section of this post. I have added a few of the classifications I seemed to have glossed over after looking over her collection. If you are interested in a more detailed list relating the classifications to the relevant places in the book, I highly recommend Jill's list.
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4 comments:
This list was previously made...by me. On a blog that I've since marked as accessible only to me. If I get a chance I'll dig up that entry.
How funny that we both thought to do it...
(previous "removed" comment was an attempt to post this one that didn't quite work)
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Well that was easy to find (my old blog, for whatever else it wasn't, is very well tagged). Here's my list:
Dewey Decimal Classification numbers in The Penultimate Peril (1/29/06)
020 - Dewey Denouement, sub-sub-librarian,'s favorite number (library and information sciences) p. 179
025 - laundry room (operation of libraries) p. 144
100's - lobby (philosophy and psychology) p. 63
101 - reception desk (theory of philosophy) p. 51 and 63
118 - elevators (force and energy) p. 52 and 68
121 - epistemology (the study of knowledge - a good place to hide a harpoon gun, and where the Baudelaires wait for the trial) p. 94 and 256, 259
123 – reflective green wooden floors (determinism and indeterminism) p. 52
128 - wooden bench where people leave drinks without coasters (humankind) p. 56
131 - water fountain, shiny smooth wall (parapsychology and other methods for achieving well-being, happiness, and success) p. 53
135 - couches (dreams and mysteries) p. 63
152 – piano (sensory perception) p. 52
165 - where Olaf waits for the trial (fallacies and sources of error) p. 260
168 - newsstand (argument and persuasion) p.60
174 - banker; Mr. Poe's room (occupational ethics) p. 152
175 - concierge desk (ethics of recreation and leisure) p. 57 and 63
176 - woman repeatedly, annoyedly shouting man's name (ethics of sex and reproduction) p. 53
178 - coffee shop (ethics of consumption) p. 152
200's - church, temple, etc (religion) p. 63
296 - rabbi (Judiasm) - p. 63
300's - ballrooms and meeting rooms (social sciences) p. 64
371 - education p. 67
400's - foreign guests (language) p. 64
469 - Portuguese p. 67
500's - math and science p. 64
547 - organic chemistry p. 114
594 - tropical fish p. 152
600's - technology p. 64
613 - sauna (promotion of health) p. 64 and 105
621 - applied physics p. 91
674 - lumber processing or wood products p. 67
697 - heating, venting, and air conditioning p. 64
786 - concertina (keyboard and other instruments) p. 114
792 - a theater (stage presentations) p. 64
800's - literature and rhetoric p. 62
831 - German poets p. 62
954 - Indian restaurant (India) p. 129
Thank you very much for posting your list! I like that you decided to include the context as well as the dewey explanations.
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