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The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Set during the French Revolution in 1794, the story weaves historical figures into a tale of intrigue and danger.
"The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy is a novel. Set during the French Revolution in 1794, the story weaves historical figures into a tale of intrigue and danger.
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Five years, since the charred ruins of grim Bastille—stone image of Absolutism and of Autocracy—set the seal of victory upon the expression of a people's will and marked the beginning of that marvellous era of Liberty and of Fraternity which has led us step by step from the dethronement of a King, through the martyrdom of countless innocents, to the tyranny of an oligarchy more arbitrary, more relentless, above all more cruel, than any that the dictators of Rome or Stamboul ever dreamed of in their wildest thirst for power. An era that sees a populace always clamouring for the Millennium, which ranting demagogues have never ceased to promise: a Millennium to be achieved alternatively through the extermination of Aristocracy, of Titles, of Riches, and the abrogation of Priesthood: through dethroned royalty and desecrated altars, through an army without leadership, or an Assembly without power.
Contents
- 01Chapter I "the Everlasting Stars Look Down, Like Glistening Eyes Bright with Immortal Pitt, Over the Lot of Man."
- 02§1
- 03§2
- 04Chapter II Feet of Clay
- 05§1
- 06§2
- 07§3
- 08Chapter III the Fellowship of Grief
- 09§1
- 10§2
- 11§3
- 12§4
- 13Chapter IV One Dram of Joy Must Have a Pound of Care
- 14§1
- 15§2
- 16Chapter V Rascality Rejoices
- 17§1
- 18§2
- 19§3
- 20§4
- 21Chapter VI One Crowded Hour of Glorious Life
- 22§1
- 23§2
- 24Chapter VII Two Interludes
- 25§1
- 26§2
- 27Chapter VIII the Beautiful Spaniard
- 28§1
- 29§2
- 30§3
- 31Chapter IX a Hideous, Fearful Hour
- 32§1
- 33§2
- 34§3
- 35Chapter X the Grim Idol That the World Adores
- 36§1
- 37§2
- 38Chapter XI Strange Happenings
- 39§1
- 40§2
- 41Chapter XII Chauvelin
- 42§1
- 43Chapter XIII the Fisherman's Rest
- 44§1
- 45§2
- 46§3
- 47§4
- 48Chapter XIV the Castaway
- 49§1
- 50§2
- 51Chapter XV the Nest
- 52§1
- 53§2
- 54§3
- 55Chapter XVI a Lover of Sport
- 56§1
- 57Chapter XVII Reunion
- 58§1
- 59§2
- 60Chapter XVIII Night and Morning
About this edition
- Author
- Baroness Emmuska Orczy
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 368 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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