SCARLET PIMPERNEL - Complete Series: 15 Novels & 20 Short Stories (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Espionage, daring rescues, and romance in revolutionary France, led by a master of disguiseBy Emma Orczy
Length168h 22m
About this audiobook
SCARLET PIMPERNEL - Complete Series: 15 Novels & 20 Short Stories gathers Baroness Orczy's celebrated cycle of historical adventure, espionage, romance, and aristocratic masquerade set against the French Revolution and its aftermath. At its center stands Sir Percy Blakeney, the seemingly foppish English nobleman whose secret identity as the Scarlet Pimpernel transforms him into a master of disguise and rescue. Written in a vivid, melodramatic, and suspense-driven style, the series helped define the modern masked-hero narrative, anticipating later figures of dual identity while preserving the manners, tensions, and moral certainties of Edwardian popular fiction. Emma Orczy, born in Hungary in 1865 and later resident in Britain, brought to her fiction both an émigré's sensitivity to political upheaval and a conservative fascination with nobility, loyalty, and social order. Her family's displacement after peasant unrest in Hungary likely sharpened her imaginative response to revolution, while her theatrical background contributed to the series' dramatic pacing, disguises, revelations, and carefully staged confrontations. This collection is recommended to readers of historical fiction, adventure classics, and the genealogy of superhero literature. It offers not merely escapism, but a revealing portrait of early twentieth-century attitudes toward revolution, heroism, gender, and performance.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length168 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 11, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6The Laughing Cavalier
7AN APOLOGY
8THE PROLOGUE
9CHAPTER I NEW YEAR'S EVE
10CHAPTER II THE FRACAS BY THE POSTERN GATE
11CHAPTER III AN INTERLUDE
12CHAPTER IV WATCH-NIGHT
13CHAPTER V BROTHER AND SISTER
14CHAPTER VI THE COUNSELS OF PRUDENCE
15CHAPTER VII THREE PHILOSOPHERS AND THEIR FRIENDS
16CHAPTER VIII THE LODGINGS WHICH WERE PAID FOR
17CHAPTER IX THE PAINTER OF PICTURES
18CHAPTER X THE LAUGHING CAVALIER
19CHAPTER XI THE BARGAIN
20CHAPTER XII THE PORTRAIT
21CHAPTER XIII THE SPANISH WENCH
22CHAPTER XIV AFTER EVENSONG
23CHAPTER XV THE HALT AT BENNEBROCK
24CHAPTER XVI LEYDEN
25CHAPTER XVII AN UNDERSTANDING
26CHAPTER XVIII THE START
27CHAPTER XIX IN THE KINGDOM OF THE NIGHT
28CHAPTER XX BACK AGAIN IN HAARLEM
29CHAPTER XXI A GRIEF-STRICKEN FATHER
30CHAPTER XXII A DOUBLE PLEDGE
31CHAPTER XXIII A SPY FROM THE CAMP
32CHAPTER XXIV THE BIRTH OF HATE
33CHAPTER XXV AN ARRANT KNAVE
34CHAPTER XXVI BACK TO HOUDEKERK
35CHAPTER XXVII THENCE TO ROTTERDAM
36CHAPTER XXVIII CHECK
37CHAPTER XXIX CHECK AGAIN
38CHAPTER XXX A NOCTURNE
39CHAPTER XXXI THE MOLENS
40CHAPTER XXXII A RUN THROUGH THE NIGHT
41CHAPTER XXXIII THE CAPTIVE LION
42CHAPTER XXXIV PROTESTATIONS
43CHAPTER XXXV THE WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE
44CHAPTER XXXVI BROTHER PHILOSOPHERS
45CHAPTER XXXVII DAWN
46CHAPTER XXXVIII THE HOUR
47CHAPTER XXXIX "SAUVE QUI PEUT"
48CHAPTER XL THE LOSER PAYS
49CHAPTER XLI "VENGEANCE IS MINE"
50CHAPTER XLII THE FIGHT IN THE DOORWAY
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