The Scarlet Pimpernel -- Emmuska Orczy, Paperback

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."

Author: Emmuska Orczy
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 11/12/2002
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.28w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780812966114

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 544 / Scarlet Pimpernel (Unabridged)

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.