The Greatest Works of Baroness Emma Orczy (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Over 30 novels and 100 stories including the complete Scarlet Pimpernel: adventure, romance, mystery, and intrigueBy Emma Orczy
Length380h 33m
About this audiobook
The Greatest Works of Baroness Emma Orczy gathers the fiction that made Orczy a defining figure of popular historical romance and early detective literature. Centred on works such as The Scarlet Pimpernel and its sequels, the collection combines swashbuckling adventure, theatrical disguise, political intrigue, and melodramatic suspense. Its style is vivid, brisk, and unapologetically dramatic, shaped by Edwardian tastes yet rooted in nineteenth-century romance, with the French Revolution serving as both historical setting and moral theatre. Emma Orczy, born in Hungary in 1865 to an aristocratic family displaced by peasant unrest, brought to her fiction a deep fascination with class, loyalty, exile, and revolutionary violence. After settling in Britain, she became a playwright and novelist whose imagination was nourished by cosmopolitan experience and conservative historical sympathies. Her famous masked hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, reflects both her theatrical instincts and her preoccupation with identity, nobility, and courage under political terror. This volume is recommended to readers interested in the origins of the masked avenger, the development of popular adventure fiction, and the intersection of romance, politics, and suspense. It offers enduring entertainment as well as insight into the anxieties and ideals of Orczy's age.
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
GenreAction and Adventure, Literary Classics
Length380 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 11, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Greatest Works of Baroness Emma Orczy (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6The Scarlet Pimpernel Series
7The Laughing Cavalier
8AN APOLOGY
9THE PROLOGUE
10CHAPTER I NEW YEAR'S EVE
11CHAPTER II THE FRACAS BY THE POSTERN GATE
12CHAPTER III AN INTERLUDE
13CHAPTER IV WATCH-NIGHT
14CHAPTER V BROTHER AND SISTER
15CHAPTER VI THE COUNSELS OF PRUDENCE
16CHAPTER VII THREE PHILOSOPHERS AND THEIR FRIENDS
17CHAPTER VIII THE LODGINGS WHICH WERE PAID FOR
18CHAPTER IX THE PAINTER OF PICTURES
19CHAPTER X THE LAUGHING CAVALIER
20CHAPTER XI THE BARGAIN
21CHAPTER XII THE PORTRAIT
22CHAPTER XIII THE SPANISH WENCH
23CHAPTER XIV AFTER EVENSONG
24CHAPTER XV THE HALT AT BENNEBROCK
25CHAPTER XVI LEYDEN
26CHAPTER XVII AN UNDERSTANDING
27CHAPTER XVIII THE START
28CHAPTER XIX IN THE KINGDOM OF THE NIGHT
29CHAPTER XX BACK AGAIN IN HAARLEM
30CHAPTER XXI A GRIEF-STRICKEN FATHER
31CHAPTER XXII A DOUBLE PLEDGE
32CHAPTER XXIII A SPY FROM THE CAMP
33CHAPTER XXIV THE BIRTH OF HATE
34CHAPTER XXV AN ARRANT KNAVE
35CHAPTER XXVI BACK TO HOUDEKERK
36CHAPTER XXVII THENCE TO ROTTERDAM
37CHAPTER XXVIII CHECK
38CHAPTER XXIX CHECK AGAIN
39CHAPTER XXX A NOCTURNE
40CHAPTER XXXI THE MOLENS
41CHAPTER XXXII A RUN THROUGH THE NIGHT
42CHAPTER XXXIII THE CAPTIVE LION
43CHAPTER XXXIV PROTESTATIONS
44CHAPTER XXXV THE WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE
45CHAPTER XXXVI BROTHER PHILOSOPHERS
46CHAPTER XXXVII DAWN
47CHAPTER XXXVIII THE HOUR
48CHAPTER XXXIX "SAUVE QUI PEUT"
49CHAPTER XL THE LOSER PAYS
50CHAPTER XLI "VENGEANCE IS MINE"
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