| The Scarlet Pimpernel Revised Edition Contributor(s): Orczy, Emmuska (Author), Perry, Anne (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0812966112 ISBN-13: 9780812966114 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2002 Annotation: The first and most successful in the Baroness's series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, "The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in her Introduction, the novel "has almost reached its first centenary, and it is as vivid and appealing as ever because the plotting is perfect. It is a classic example of how to construct, pace, and conclude a plot. . . . To rise on the crest of laughter without capsizing, to survive being written, rewritten, and reinterpreted by each generation, is the mark of a plot that is timeless and universal, even though it happens to be set in England and France of 1792." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002029549 |
| Lexile Measure: 1140 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.28" W x 7.98" (0.5 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - French |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 544 Reading Level: 8.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first and most successful in the Baroness's series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in her Introduction, the novel "has almost reached its first centenary, and it is as vivid and appealing as ever because the plotting is perfect. It is a classic example of how to construct, pace, and conclude a plot. . . . To rise on the crest of laughter without capsizing, to survive being written, rewritten, and reinterpreted by each generation, is the mark of a plot that is timeless and universal, even though it happens to be set in England and France of 1792." |