The Scarlet Pimpernel in Reading with Style

Jun 02, 2012 Anna Kļaviņa rated it liked it

Shelves: made-into-a-film, classic, historical-fiction, romance-f-m, rakstniece, read-in-2012, europe

I did enjoy this story very much and I would have give 4 star easily for entertainment. But writing wasn't great, characters doesn't feel real, add anti-Semitism, classism, sexism, nationalism (the negative one) and subjective look on Great French Revolution (more misleading than subjective, actually).

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May 30, 2014 Arctic rated it really liked it · review of another edition

First, let me say, this book is an incredibly slow, but GOOD read. The language of course is from the 1700s and the first few chapters are a little all over the place. I at first didn't pick up a few key plot points and had to re-read a few pages several times but once you get truly into the book when they start focusing on the characters more it really is quite a thrilling and well written adventure. Give it a shot if you feel like reading something a little more substantial. ...more

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Oct 26, 2010 Karen Michele Burns rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: my-5-star-books

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 ...more

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