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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun Short Stories,
This review is from: League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Hardcover)
League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is an entertaining collection of short stories about Sir Percy Blakeney's adverntures outwitting the French Revolutionary Government. And, among the stories "The Traitor" was probably the most interesting--- What would happen if the Scarlet Pimpernel had a traitor among his league? Would he escape with his life?
11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
not what I expected,
By Dawn N (Greenville, NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Hardcover)
I was expecting a regular Scarlet Pimpernel novel, rather than a collection of Scarlet Pimpernel stories. I was disappointed with my selection. I had hoped to get more insight into the actual League, but the stories did not reveal any new information.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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A review of The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel, and the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel.,
This review is from: League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Hardcover)
These books is excellent! Other reviewers have critisized the fact these are books of short storys. But I think that is the best part about them! You can read adventure after adventure without having to endure hours of suspence. You can completely imerse yourself in Pimpernel Adventures without having to endure some of the excrutiatingly long desciptive paragraphs which delay many of her books(personally I find myself skipping whole paragraphs from some of Orczy's novels just to get back to the dialog and adventure.)
One thing I have noticed though is that the more pimpernel books I read, the easier it is to sense what is happening. When I first read The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Elusive Pimpernel I found that I was asking myself HOW IS HE POSSIBLY GOING TO ESCAPE!!!! After reading more of her novels I found myself asking istead "I wonder what he is going to devise to escape this time!" Which is fine with me. Now I am in no means saying that these storys are predictable. They provide plenty of twists and turns to suite any Pimpernel addict. I could go on but your probly bored already. I will then briefly give a list of my favorite stories in each. (I love Percy vs. Chauvelin confrontations so you can guess that these storys are full of them) The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel: Fie Sr. Percy The Stranger from Paris Fly-By-Night In the Tiger's Den(My Favorite) The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel: Sir Percy Explains Needs Must-- A Battle of Wits They are all good but those are some of my favorites. -E
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IT was not, Heaven help us all! a very uncommon occurrence these days: a woman almost unsexed by misery, starvation, and the abnormal excitement engendered by daily spectacles of revenge and of cruelty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
petite maman, citizen sergeant, caped coat, savage oath, old scarecrow, roast capon, derelict house, good patriots Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scarlet Pimpernel, Committee of Public Safety, Sir Percy, Sir Andrew, Public Prosecutor, Paul Marat, Porte Montmartre, Arnould Fabrice, Chemin de Pantin, Lucile Clamette, Madame la Comtesse, Bon Copain, Henri de Montorgueil, Madeleine Lannoy, Pont Neuf, Rue Berthier, Rue Blanche, Simonne Evrard, Rue des Pipots, Friend of the People, National Assembly, Rue Dauphine, Rue Jolivet, Rue Ste, Jack Kennard New!
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IT was not, Heaven help us all! a very uncommon occurrence these days: a woman almost unsexed by misery, starvation, and the abnormal excitement engendered by daily spectacles of revenge and of cruelty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
petite maman, citizen sergeant, caped coat, savage oath, old scarecrow, roast capon, derelict house, good patriots Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scarlet Pimpernel, Committee of Public Safety, Sir Percy, Sir Andrew, Public Prosecutor, Paul Marat, Porte Montmartre, Arnould Fabrice, Chemin de Pantin, Lucile Clamette, Madame la Comtesse, Bon Copain, Henri de Montorgueil, Madeleine Lannoy, Pont Neuf, Rue Berthier, Rue Blanche, Simonne Evrard, Rue des Pipots, Friend of the People, National Assembly, Rue Dauphine, Rue Jolivet, Rue Ste, Jack Kennard New!
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- The Scarlet Pimpernel (Signet Classics) by Baroness Orczy Emmuska in Front Matter
- UC The Scarlet Pimpernel by Introduction by Gary Hop Baroness Orczy in Front Matter
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (Dodo Press) by Baroness Emma Orczy in Front Matter
- The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy in Front Matter
- The Culture of History: English Uses of the Past 1800-1953 by Billie Melman on 4 pages
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- on page 66, and page 86
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (Signet Classics) by Baroness Orczy Emmuska in Back Matter
- The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy in Front Matter
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