Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-413929-20150114222625/@comment-1916997-20150328214129

Kncooper wrote: nobody seems to know exactly when the book/film is set but most people think it's set the year the book was written (1956), or around the year each respective film came out. i tried looking online for an exact date in which the story was set, and there is none.

[and personally the animated film looked post ww2 to me,, but that is just my opinion] It's possible she wanted the book in a modern yet timeless setting, like A Series of Unfortunate Events.