The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel & Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Historical Action-Adventure TalesBy Emma Orczy
Length19h 40m
About this audiobook
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel & Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel gathers further exploits of Sir Percy Blakeney and his devoted band as they spirit aristocrats and innocents from Revolutionary France. Written in swift, theatrical prose, these tales combine espionage, disguise, rescue narrative, and romantic melodrama. Orczy situates them within the popular Edwardian and interwar adventure tradition, yet their fascination with honor, performance, and political terror gives the cycle a distinctive place in historical fiction. Emma Orczy, born in Hungary in 1865 and later resident in Britain, brought to her fiction an émigré's sensitivity to upheaval, class displacement, and European political violence. Her family's flight from peasant unrest after a failed harvest likely shaped her suspicion of revolutionary extremism. Trained as an artist and dramatist, she created the Scarlet Pimpernel first for the stage, and her fiction retains a vivid sense of scene, gesture, and revelation. This volume is recommended for readers interested in the origins of the masked hero, the adventure thriller, and popular historical romance. It offers suspense, wit, and moral clarity, while also revealing the anxieties and ideals of its 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, Historical Fiction
Length19 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 12, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26IX
2Introduction
27X
3Author Biography
28The Principal Witness
4Historical Context
29I
5Synopsis (Selection)
30II
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6The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel & Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
31III
7Sir Percy Explains
32IV
8A Question of Passports
33V
9Two Good Patriots
34The Stranger from Paris
10The Old Scarecrow
35I
11A Fine Bit of Work
36II
12How Jean-Pierre Met the Scarlet Pimpernel
37III
13Out of the Jaws of Death
38IV
14The Traitor
39Fly-By-Night
15The Cabaret de la Liberté
401
16Needs Must
412
17Fie, Sir Percy!
423
18I
434
19II
445
20III
456
21IV
46The Lure of the Old Chateau
22V
47I
23VI
48II
24VII
49III
25VIII
50IV
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