The Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)
Baroness Emma Orczy
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republic when the guillotine begins to be repeatedly cheated of aristocratic victims due to a series of daring rescues carried out by a mysterious hero known only as “The Scarlet Pimpernel.” Nothing is known about this person, save that he is a master of disguise, has saved dozens of lives, and has never been caught. He is the hero of the aristocrats, the bane of the Republic, and the talk of high society across the channel in England. As the inane and foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, the leader of English fashion, puts it, “They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere! Is he in Heaven or is he in Hell, that demmed elusive Pimpernel?” And no one is more interested in uncovering the mystery surrounding this hero than Sir Percy’s wife, the young French actress Marguerite St. Just, to whom the fate of the Scarlet Pimpernel may mean everything. (Summary by Eden Rea-Hedrick)
Series:
1: The Scarlet Pimpernel
2: I Will Repay
2.5: The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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4: El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
5: Lord Tony's Wife
6: The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
7: Sir Percy Hits Back
Prequel: The Laughing Cavalier
(8 hr 28 min)
Chapters
01 - PARIS: SEPTEMBER, 1792 | 19:48 | Read by CaprishaPage |
02 - DOVER: "THE FISHERMAN'S REST" | 21:39 | Read by bala |
03 - THE REFUGEES | 14:54 | Read by Jessica Potter |
04 - THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL | 16:57 | Read by Iridescat |
05 - MARGUERITE | 10:48 | Read by Libby Gohn |
06 - AN EXQUISITE OF '92 | 17:55 | Read by Eden Rea-Hedrick |
07 - THE SECRET ORCHARD | 12:56 | Read by amycs |
08 - THE ACCREDITED AGENT | 19:54 | Read by Eden Rea-Hedrick |
09 - THE OUTRAGE | 11:40 | Read by Jenny Bradshaw |
10 - IN THE OPERA BOX | 33:50 | Read by DylanTG |
11 - LORD GRENVILLE'S BALL | 13:35 | Read by Leslie Walden |
12 - THE SCRAP OF PAPER | 14:43 | Read by Eden Rea-Hedrick |
13 - EITHER-OR? | 5:37 | Read by Victoria Martin |
14 - ONE O'CLOCK PRECISELY! | 14:26 | Read by Eden Rea-Hedrick |
15 - DOUBT | 12:52 | Read by Suebee |
16 - RICHMOND | 24:21 | Read by Judy Guinan |
17 - FAREWELL | 12:40 | Read by Judy Guinan |
18 - THE MYSTERIOUS DEVICE | 9:10 | Read by ealexander |
19 - THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL | 18:20 | Read by amycs |
20 - THE FRIEND | 14:45 | Read by DylanTG |
21 - SUSPENSE | 14:21 | Read by Judy Guinan |
22 - CALAIS | 16:34 | Read by Eden Rea-Hedrick |
23 - HOPE | 14:52 | Read by Lynne T |
24 - THE DEATH TRAP | 15:08 | Read by Leslie Walden |
25 - THE EAGLE AND THE FOX | 14:38 | Read by Eden Rea-Hedrick |
26 - THE JEW | 18:57 | Read by Astrid Fingerhut |
27 - ON THE TRACK | 15:59 | Read by Lynne T |
28 - THE PERE BLANCHARD'S HUT | 21:01 | Read by Cubrick |
29 - TRAPPED | 9:41 | Read by Lynne T |
30 - THE SCHOONER | 21:53 | Read by Judy Guinan |
31 - THE ESCAPE | 24:58 | Read by CaprishaPage |