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Emmuska Orczy
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born
September 23, 1865
in Tarnaörs, Heves County, Hungary
died
November 12, 1947
gender
female
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
  4.05 avg rating — 31,174 ratings
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1903
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201 editions
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The Elusive Pimpernel
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1908
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5 editions
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El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
4.04 avg rating — 460 ratings
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published
1913
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46 editions
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The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
3.88 avg rating — 339 ratings
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published
1905
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6 editions
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The League Of The Scarlet Pimpernel
3.77 avg rating — 359 ratings
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published
1919
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52 editions
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The Triumph Of The Scarlet Pimpernel
3.86 avg rating — 234 ratings
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published
1922
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25 editions
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I Will Repay
3.59 avg rating — 249 ratings
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published
1906
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51 editions
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Sir Percy Leads the Band
3.72 avg rating — 147 ratings
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published
1936
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7 editions
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Sir Percy Hits Back
3.86 avg rating — 112 ratings
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published
1927
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5 editions
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Way Of The Scarlet Pimpernel
3.50 avg rating — 105 ratings
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1933
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7 editions
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“They seek him here, they seek him there
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere
Is he in heaven or is he in hell?
That demned elusive Pimpernel”
― Emmuska Orczy
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere
Is he in heaven or is he in hell?
That demned elusive Pimpernel”
― Emmuska Orczy
“Had he but turned back then, and looked out once more on to the rose-lit garden, she would have seen that which would have made her own sufferings seem but light and easy to bear--a strong man, overwhelmed with his own passion and despair. Pride had given way at last, obstinacy was gone: the will was powerless. He was but a man madly, blindly, passionately in love and as soon as her light footstep had died away within the house, he knelt down upon the terrace steps, and in the very madness of his love he kissed one by one the places where her small foot had trodden, and the stone balustrade, where her tiny hand had rested last.”
― Emmuska Orczy, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
― Emmuska Orczy, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
“Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T'wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine”
― Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel
― Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Next month is my turn to pick and I want to read a classic, but not one that's too long. So, I've narrowed it down to several I've wanted to read for a while, but couldn't decide which one to go with.
Which would you prefer?
Which would you prefer?
(The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels & 56 Short Stories) by Arthur Conan Doyle (We wouldn't read all of the stories--we'd decide which ones to read if this book wins.)
9 total votes
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