Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 125 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness 1865 1947 Orczy, Baroness Emmuska Barstow, Montagu, Mrs. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy is a historical novel written during the early 20th century. The book continues the adventures of the charming and elusive hero known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy Blakeney, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. The narrative revolves around themes of heroism, sacrifice, and the struggle between revolutionaries and those seeking to save the oppressed, particularly aristocrats targeted for execution. The opening of the story introduces a scene of desperation and tragedy in revolutionary France, where a woman named Madeleine Lannoy is publicly humiliated while dancing for alms. The crowd is brutal and indifferent, and it is amidst this chaos that Sir Percy Blakeney, disguised as an Englishman, intervenes to rescue her. As she recounts her sorrowful tale of loss—her husband killed in the revolution and her child taken by the ruthless revolutionary Jean Paul Marat—Sir Percy pledges to help her find her son and regain control over her life. Meanwhile, the story is also steeped in the political tensions of the day, introducing characters like the menacing Chauvelin and the influential Marat as dangers that loom over Sir Percy and his noble mission. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Historical fiction France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction Adventure stories British -- France -- Fiction Blakeney, Percy, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PR Text Adventure Movie Books Browsing: History - European Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 500536 500412 2024-10-03T06:40:36.385463 2023-10-03T06:31:56.171074 text/html text/html 500529 500405 2024-10-03T06:40:36.682510 2023-10-03T06:31:56.373057 text/html text/html 268253 2024-10-03T06:40:46.007444 application/epub+zip 274790 2024-10-03T06:40:40.101439 application/epub+zip 259723 2024-10-03T06:40:38.801439 application/epub+zip 489422 2024-10-03T06:40:50.625394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461838 2024-10-03T06:40:45.162419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435820 2022-09-03T08:56:29.030933 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 454807 454734 2024-10-03T06:40:35.927488 2023-10-03T06:31:55.844066 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 454723 2018-03-21T06:04:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171874 2018-03-21T06:04:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20702 2024-10-03T06:40:50.758381 application/rdf+xml 14750 2024-10-03T06:40:39.357451 image/jpeg 3610 2024-10-03T06:40:39.078486 image/jpeg 265382 2024-10-03T06:40:36.725507 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia