The Scarlet Pimpernel, with eBook, Baroness Emmuska Orczy
The Scarlet Pimpernel, with eBook, Baroness Emmuska Orczy
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The Scarlet Pimpernel, with eBook

Author: Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/25/2009

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

In the year 1792, Sir Percy and Lady Marguerite Blakeney are the darlings of British society—he is known as one of the wealthiest men in England and a dimwit; she is French, a stunning former actress, and "the cleverest woman in Europe"—and they find themselves at the center of a deadly political intrigue. The Reign of Terror controls France, and every day aristocrats in Paris fall victim to Madame la Guillotine. Only one man can rescue them—the Scarlet Pimpernel, a master of disguise who leaves a calling card bearing only a signature red flower. As the fascinating connection between the Blakeneys and this mysterious hero is revealed, they are forced to choose between love and loyalty in order to avoid the French agent Chauvelin, who relentlessly hunts the Scarlet Pimpernel.

The Scarlet Pimpernel is the best-known novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, a prolific author of popular fiction and plays. First published in 1905, it pioneered the tale of the masked avenger and paved the way for such future enigmatic swashbucklers as Zorro and the Lone Ranger. Repeatedly adapted for stage and screen—including as a successful Broadway musical—The Scarlet Pimpernel is a relevant and enormously entertaining tale of survival and pluck during times of widespread fear, hypocrisy, and corruption.

About Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865–1947) was a British novelist and playwright of Hungarian noble origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. She is also well known for creating the character the Old Man in the Corner, who was featured in a series of twelve British movies starting in 1924. A noted artist, her paintings have been exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on July 15, 2023

Here's my new and improved title for this book... The Scarlet Pimpernel: A Classic That Doesn't Suck Sweaty Balls. I can't usually make it through classic literature. Does this make me a bad person? I think not. There are manymanymany other things I do on a daily basis that make me a bad person, b......more

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on January 11, 2022

I've always had a thing for books that use the Scarlet Pimpernel trope: the intelligent, capable person who hides behind a mask of inanity. So Emma Orczy gets extra points from me for popularizing this secret identity plot device in her 1905 book The Scarlet Pimpernel. It's 1792, the early days of th......more

Goodreads review by Henry on July 15, 2024

When the guillotine dropped quickly, remorselessly and often, there arose a mysterious Englishman, who crossed the channel, to rescue the French Aristocrats ( mostly innocent victims), he called himself, "The Scarlet Pimpernel" . Named after a modest, British flower, this person organized a band of......more