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A Re-read of THE book that started me off on my reading journey... what can I say but that it's like a favourite piece of chocolate in that it never lets you down - Ain't Love Grand?!
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Oct 26, 2010
Karen Michele Burns
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it was amazing
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Ah, a “masked avenger” story with all the best aspects of the genre, but not so different from others I’ve read ——– oh wait, this is the original and it’s so much fun! The Scarlet Pimpernel has intrigue, betrayals, passion, misconceptions, disguise and adventure. The 1905 copyright date does give itself away as many of the characters are pretty stereotypical, and the romance is quite “male as hero”, “woman as gullible” based, but, for me, that was part of the classical nature of the book and par
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Straightforward adventure tale, set during the time of the French Revolution. If the gentle reader can accept (1) all members of the aristocracy are heroic, brave and noble; and, (2) most members of France's soldiers and innkeepers are very bloodthirsty and stupid (and probably better off as serfs than as free men); then the gentle reader can enjoy the romance and adventure of aristocrats winning their conflicts. The copy I read attempts to put the anti-Jewish subplot in historical context, but
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Loved this one. It was so over-the-top it just... worked.
Jun 28, 2009
Wendy
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it was amazing
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Jan 29, 2010
Ellen
marked it as wishlist
Feb 26, 2010
Marlene Slade
marked it as to-read
Jan 20, 2011
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
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Apr 16, 2011
Jennifer N.
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Dec 27, 2011
Josalin
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Jun 29, 2012
Celeste
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Jan 02, 2013
Jules
marked it as wanted-sometime
Feb 12, 2013
Jayalalita devi dasi
marked it as to-read
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Mar 21, 2013
Tara Renee
marked it as to-read
