The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Baroness Emma Orczy

Overview

First published in 1905, this magnificent historical adventure is filled with colorful characters, hairbreadth escapes, and heart-stopping intrigue. In 1792, the French Revolution gives way to a Reign of Terror, and the condemned nobility has only one vestige of hope--rescue by the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel. Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon starred in the unforgettable film version of this novel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781507771242
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	01/30/2015
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma ("Emmuska") Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi) (1865 - 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian noble origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.
Also, The Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save ill-fated French royalty from "Madame Guillotine" during the French revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" into popular culture.

Other Books of the Author:

• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
• The Old Man in the Corner (1908)
• The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919)
• El Dorado (1913)
• The Elusive Pimpernel (1908)
• I Will Repay (1906)

Table of Contents

I.PARIS: SEPTEMBER, 1792

II.DOVER: "THE FISHERMAN'S REST"

III.THE REFUGEES

IV.THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

V.MARGUERITE

VI.AN EXQUISITE OF '92

VII.THE SECRET ORCHARD

VIII.THE ACCREDITED AGENT

IX.THE OUTRAGE

X.IN THE OPERA BOX

XI.LORD GRENVILLE'S BALL

XII.THE SCRAP OF PAPER

XIII.EITHER

XIV.ONE O'CLOCK PRECISELY!

XV.DOUBT

XVI.RICHMOND

XVII.FAREWELL

XVIII.THE MYSTERIOUS DEVICE

XIX.THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

XX.THE FRIEND

XXI.SUSPENSE

XXII.CALAIS

XXIII.HOPE

XXIV.THE DEATH

XXV.THE EAGLE AND THE FOX

XXVI.THE JEW

XXVII.ON THE TRACK

XXVIII.THE PERE BLANCHARD'S HUT

XXIX.TRAPPED

XXX.THE SCHOONER

XXXI.THE ESCAPE

Editorial Reviews

• "We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops"
• "A woman's heart is such a complex problem - the owner thereof is often most incompetent to find the solution to this puzzle."
• "Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity."
• "I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society."
• "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one."
• "Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon them."

― Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel

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