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The Scarlet Pimpernel

By Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Introduction by Anne Perry

By Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Introduction by Anne Perry

By Baroness Emmuska Orczy

By Baroness Emmuska Orczy

By Baroness Emmuska Orczy

By Baroness Emmuska Orczy

By Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Read by Roe Kendall

By Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Read by Roe Kendall

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Part of Modern Library Classics

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Nov 12, 2002 | ISBN 9780812966114

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Mar 01, 1992 | ISBN 9780553214024

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Jul 31, 2007 | ISBN 9780553904024

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Jan 01, 1999 | 630 Minutes

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    About The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The first and most successful in the Baroness’s series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in her Introduction, the novel “has almost reached its first centenary, and it is as vivid and appealing as ever because the plotting is perfect. It is a classic example of how to construct, pace, and conclude a plot. . . . To rise on the crest of laughter without capsizing, to survive being written, rewritten, and reinterpreted by each generation, is the mark of a plot that is timeless and universal, even though it happens to be set in England and France of 1792.”

    About The Scarlet Pimpernel

    It is 1792 and France is in the grip of a seething, bloody revolution. Mobs roam the Paris streets hunting down royalists, barricades block any chance of escape, and every day hundreds die under the blade of Madame la Guillotine. But in the hearts of the condemned nobility there remains one last vestige of hope: rescue by the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel. Renowned for both his unparalleled bravery and his clever disguises, the Pimpernel’s identity remains as much a mystery to his sworn enemy, the ruthless French agent Chauvelin, as to his devoted admirer, the beautiful Lady Marguerite Blakeney.

    First published in 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel is an irresistible novel of love, gallantry, and swashbuckling adventure.

    About The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The first and most successful in the Baroness’s series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in her Introduction, the novel “has almost reached its first centenary, and it is as vivid and appealing as ever because the plotting is perfect. It is a classic example of how to construct, pace, and conclude a plot. . . . To rise on the crest of laughter without capsizing, to survive being written, rewritten, and reinterpreted by each generation, is the mark of a plot that is timeless and universal, even though it happens to be set in England and France of 1792.”

    About The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The first and most successful in the Baroness’s series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in her Introduction, the novel “has almost reached its first centenary, and it is as vivid and appealing as ever because the plotting is perfect. It is a classic example of how to construct, pace, and conclude a plot. . . . To rise on the crest of laughter without capsizing, to survive being written, rewritten, and reinterpreted by each generation, is the mark of a plot that is timeless and universal, even though it happens to be set in England and France of 1792.”

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    About Baroness Emmuska Orczy

    Baroness Emmuska Orczy—artist, playwright, and author—was born in Tarnaörs, Hungary, in 1865. Although all her manuscripts were written in English, she did not learn the language until she and her parents, Baron Felix and Countess Emma Orczy, moved to London… More about Baroness Emmuska Orczy

    About Baroness Emmuska Orczy

    Baroness Emmuska Orczy—artist, playwright, and author—was born in Tarnaörs, Hungary, in 1865. Although all her manuscripts were written in English, she did not learn the language until she and her parents, Baron Felix and Countess Emma Orczy, moved to London… More about Baroness Emmuska Orczy

    About Baroness Emmuska Orczy

    Baroness Emmuska Orczy—artist, playwright, and author—was born in Tarnaörs, Hungary, in 1865. Although all her manuscripts were written in English, she did not learn the language until she and her parents, Baron Felix and Countess Emma Orczy, moved to London… More about Baroness Emmuska Orczy

    About Baroness Emmuska Orczy

    Baroness Emmuska Orczy—artist, playwright, and author—was born in Tarnaörs, Hungary, in 1865. Although all her manuscripts were written in English, she did not learn the language until she and her parents, Baron Felix and Countess Emma Orczy, moved to London… More about Baroness Emmuska Orczy

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Mystery & Suspense

    Paperback | $12.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Nov 12, 2002 | 304 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780812966114

    Category: Fiction Classics | Mystery & Suspense

    Mass Market Paperback | $5.95
    Published by Bantam Classics
    Mar 01, 1992 | 320 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780553214024

    Category: Fiction Classics | Mystery & Suspense

    Ebook | $1.99
    Published by Bantam Classics
    Jul 31, 2007 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9780553904024

    Category: Mystery & Suspense | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jan 01, 1999 | 630 Minutes | ISBN 9781415910542
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    “Arguably the best adventure story ever published and certainly the most influential that appeared during the early decades of the twentieth century.”—Gary Hoppenstand

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