THE ATHENAEUMThe Scarlet PimpernelBaroness Orczy
Adventure
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textDuring the Terror, a band of Englishmen rescues French aristocrats from the guillotine, led by a man known only by the small red flower he signs his notes with. At home in London, Sir Percy Blakeney appears to be the dullest fop in society. The hero with a foolish public face begins, more or less, here.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 5 hr 40 min
- Where to find it
- The secret bookcase in the west wing
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #60. In the public domain in the United States.