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The Scarlet Pimpernel

Emma Orczy
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93 pages • 3 hours read

Emma Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1905

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  • Before You Read Sparkles iconBeta

  • Summary

  • Background

    • Chapter Summaries & Analyses

  • Chapters 1-9

  • Chapters 10-19

  • Chapters 20-31

  • Character Analysis

  • Themes

  • Symbols & Motifs

  • Important Quotes

  • Essay Topics

    • Essay Topics

    1.

    Why does Marguerite marry Sir Percy if she is brilliant and he seems foppishly inane?

    2.

    Explain why the Comtesse de Tournay publicly refuses to greet Marguerite. Is the comtesse justified in doing so?

    3.

    Give two reasons why the author portrays the French as primitive and the English as happy and virtuous.

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