Emmuska Orczy
Paperback | Pages: 182 pages Rating: 4.07 | 117927 Users | 6084 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel (publication order) #1) |
| Author | : | Emmuska Orczy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 182 pages |
| Published | : | February 28th 2005 by Quiet Vision Pub (first published 1905) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Magic. Fiction. Young Adult |
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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things I do on a daily basis that make me a bad person, but not being able to force myself to read (in my opinion) outdated and overrated books is not one of them.
There are other readers out there like me, I'm sure of it! And it's you guys that I'm talking to now.
Rejoice, fellow slackers! There is a classic that you can actually read!
Imagine it...
You're sitting on a bench engrossed in a book. The person next to you leans over and asks, "What are you reading?". You can finally plaster a smug-ass smile on your face and say, "Why, right now I'm thoroughly enjoying Orczy's classic, The Scarlet Pimpernel.".
See?! Doesn't that sound awesome!
And when someone asks you what you've recently read, you won't have to admit to the fact that you're deep into a series about an alien who falls in love with his human neighbor, your extensive comic book collection, or all of that erotica that's hidden neatly away on your Kindle!
Now is this book really a four star novel by my 'real-book' standards?
Fuck, no!
It's old as shit. The copy I got didn't even have anything on the cover.
You know it's old when it has got that black cover-thing going on.
The pages were creaky, it smelled weird, and I think there's a possibility I should have had it tested for mold before I brought it into my house.
But.
It's a readable book.
Go get it, and for a few blissful moments, you can pretend that you're an intellectual giant.
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| Original Title: | The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| ISBN: | 1576469239 (ISBN13: 9781576469231) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Scarlet Pimpernel (publication order) #1, The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #1 |
| Characters: | Percy Blakeney, Marguerite Blakeney, George IV, George Augustus Frederick, Citizen Armand Chauvelin, Armand St. Just, Suzanne de Tournay, Sir Andrew Ffoulkes |
| Setting: | England France,1792 London, England …more Paris(France) Dover, Kent, England(United Kingdom) …less |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 117927 Users | 6084 ReviewsPiece Containing Books The Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel (publication order) #1)
So boring. So boring.I read this weeks ago, and I've been waiting ever since for someone else in the group to come out with a great review. Something transformative. It would compare this to Radcliff and nineteenth-century opera and talk about modes of romanticism. Or it'd be one of those intensely personal reviews about a grimey, sweaty summer spent singing in the chorus line for a production of Pimpernel, and the backstage affair whose passions ebbed in counterpoint to the story. Or, I don't
Brother. You sound like a socialist. Killing innocent women and children because of their connection to the wealthy doesnt bother you? Does being well
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, but not being able to force myself to read (in my opinion) outdated and overrated books is not one of them.There are other readers out there like me, I'm sure of it! And it's you guys that I'm talking to
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 the French Revolution, and the Reign of Terror is at its peak: thousands of French aristocrats, men, women and children, are sent to the guillotine, regardless of actual fault. But a group of brave
If, like me, you watched the movie more times than you'd care to admit when you were growing up; or if, like me, you've read all of Georgette Heyer's Regency romances and then some, you'll love this book. It doesn't pretend to be anything extraordinary, it doesn't even offer a social commentary on the period in which it's set - written by an aristocrat who is clearly on the side of the aristocrats, it's easy to see where her sympathies lie. But it is a rollicking good ride, a fun adventure
The Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel #1), Emmuska OrczyThe Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy (Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci), published in 1905. Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine. His friends and foes know him only as the Scarlet Pimpernel. But
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