The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is an adventure, fiction, shorts first published in 1919. At its center are risk, movement, endurance, and encounters beyond ordinary life, developed through the conventions and freedoms of adventure, fiction, shorts. As part of a series, the book also contributes to a larger imaginative or narrative design while retaining its own identity. The book’s distinctive character comes from a brisk narrative style that favors momentum, danger, and vivid episodes. At roughly 76,092 words with a fairly easy reading profile, it offers a reading commitment that is easy to judge before beginning while still leaving room for close attention. Its continuing value lies in its appeal as a study of courage, survival, and the urge to cross boundaries. Readers drawn to adventure, fiction, shorts and risk will find a work that combines a distinct period voice with questions that remain recognizable today.