The Scarlet Pimpernel

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4.4
25 reviews
Ebook
320
Pages
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About this ebook

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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4.4
25 reviews
shoshanna weinstein
June 15, 2016
Perfectly suspenseful, though admittedly long in developing, Orczy created a beautiful romance that has you on the edge of your seat. Although she doesn't explicitly state exactly who the Pimpernel is through most of the book, she makes it pretty clear from the beginning, and throughout you're not sure if you want to scream at everyone for being so thick witted or commend the man for his brilliant mask in plain sight.
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Vicky Fritz
June 19, 2013
Lost this book when I was 10! E book made me remember my childhood!
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September 11, 2023
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About the author

Anne Perry, the Edgar Award–winning author of more than thirty novels, is best known for her two Victorian mystery series. Her recent books include Death of a Stranger, The Whitechapel Conspiracy, and Funeral in Blue. She lives in Scotland.

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