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Arctic
May 30, 2014 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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Deepak Eshwar
Aug 25, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (Paperback)
by Baroness Orczy

I read this book as a non-detailed papers during my 10th grade. This book is a prism to view the French Revolution, maybe the other side of it. I am always grateful to Mr.Augustine Ravi, my English teacher who made this much more than a novel, but a novel experience.
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Ed Lehman
Jul 29, 2013 rated it liked it
I was disappointed in this one. It seemed so predictable and the style was too imperious for me to really enjoy it. I kept thinking that Dumas could have whipped up a better version of the story in a moment or two.
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Gina
Jan 07, 2012 marked it as to-read
Kaitlyn Bell
Apr 17, 2012 rated it really liked it
Xiri
May 20, 2012 marked it as to-read
Sara C
Jun 13, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: classics
Ariel
Jul 05, 2012 marked it as to-read
Eowyn
May 14, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: free, 20th-century
Janie
Jul 10, 2025 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Lavender
May 05, 2014 marked it as to-read
Mai
Jul 20, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Kme_17
Apr 19, 2015 marked it as to-read
Kelsey
May 03, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Carissa
Oct 06, 2015 marked it as to-read
Kazen
Nov 07, 2015 marked it as put-aside
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Valerie Brown
Nov 13, 2015 rated it really liked it
Ev
Dec 15, 2015 marked it as to-read
Kate
Jun 11, 2017 marked it as to-read
Claire
Jan 19, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: precinct-81
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Dec 25, 2018 marked it as to-read
Alexis Noffke
Jun 28, 2019 marked it as to-read
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