- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Modern Library; New edition edition (Nov 12 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0812966112
- ISBN-13: 978-0812966114
- Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 1.7 x 20.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #232,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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With the stage debut of The Scarlet Pimpernel (1903), the Baroness Orczy invented the "masked avenger" genre of fiction--the swashbuckling hero of dual identity. Her progeny include Zorro, Superman, The Lone Ranger and many others. The Baroness's Pimpernel is a British fop who, in a play and series of popular novels, daringly spirited condemned innocents out of France during the Reign of Terror. Hugh Laurie, best known Stateside as the foppish Bertie Wooster in TV's "Wooster and Jeeves," plunges into these two adventures with childlike relish. Yes, he is corny; yes, he overdoes it; but irresistibly. That's what this fare is made for. As he reads, one pictures, not the dashing Leslie Howard, cinema's Pimpernel, but a little boy performing for the family behind his homemade puppet theater. Sorry, Baroness, I know this isn't what you had in mind, but it's far better. Y.R. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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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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A surging, something, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name,for to the eye and ear they seem naught but the lust of vengeance and of hate. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Very, Very, Very Good Book!!!,
By Faith (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Signet Classics Scarlet Pimpernel Centennial Edition (Mass Market Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book, and I am defiantly going to read the rest of them! This is the first of many Pimpernel stories, and it is very good. It has lovable character, wonderful twists, and a heartbreaking Love story. My mother and I both read it and Loved it!! I totally recommend it for anyone of any age I was 15 when I read it a year ago, and My mother is in her 40's, and We both loved it!! NOW THERE IS ONE THING I SHOULD WARN YOU ABOUT... The first few chapters are a little slow and you may be tempted to stop reading, but KEEP WITH IT!!!! It is so worth it!!!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun, Exciting, Thoughtful, and Romantic,
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This review is from: Signet Classics Scarlet Pimpernel Centennial Edition (Mass Market Paperback)
The Scarlet Pimpernel is set during the French Reign of Terror, when aristocrats and royalists were being beheaded in the name of "liberty, freedom, and brotherhood". The author creates The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, a band of Englishmen committed to helping aristocrats escape to England, and keep their heads. The head of this band of Englishmen is, of course, called by the code name The Scarlet Pimpernel. His identity is secret to all, even those he helps escape. This sets the scene for a "Three Musketeers" style swashbuckling adventure story. It is fun and exciting, full of suspense that lasts until the very end. There is a nice love story woven quite naturally into the fabric of the plot, that manages to add to the plot without being syrupy. The story also includes some thoughtful moments that excute simply without bogging down the story in the least. Overall, a very enjoyable novel. It treads lightly on the moral/ethical issues surrounding the French Revolution, and deals mostly with an adventuresome story. Those looking for a more 'serious' fictional work of the French Revolution may prefer A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
5.0 out of 5 stars
An awesome book!,
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This review is from: Signet Classics Scarlet Pimpernel Centennial Edition (Mass Market Paperback)
I always think its such a shame that this book isn't better known and more widely read. It's probably one of the best romance/adventure stories I've ever read. The character of Sir Percy is so wonderful (his daring and audacity), and there are moments when you don't want to put the book down because you MUST know what will happen next. I've read the book over and over, and I still enjoy it just as much as I did the first time I read it. I highly recommend this book!
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