The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Emma Orczy
Read by Karen Savage





The classic story of Sir Percy Blakeney and his alter ego, the Scarlet Pimpernel. A great adventure, set during the French Revolution. (Summary by Karen Savage)
(7 hr 49 min)Chapters
Paris: September, 1792 | 15:45 | Read by Karen Savage |
Dover: "The Fisherman's Rest" | 18:18 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Refugees | 14:10 | Read by Karen Savage |
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel | 15:05 | Read by Karen Savage |
Marguerite | 10:45 | Read by Karen Savage |
An Exquisite of '92 | 18:44 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Secret Orchard | 12:04 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Accredited Agent | 21:42 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Outrage | 11:56 | Read by Karen Savage |
In the Opera Box | 27:09 | Read by Karen Savage |
Lord Grenville's Ball | 11:32 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Scrap of Paper | 15:24 | Read by Karen Savage |
Either - - Or? | 4:47 | Read by Karen Savage |
One O'Clock Precisely | 15:09 | Read by Karen Savage |
Doubt | 10:10 | Read by Karen Savage |
Richmond | 27:24 | Read by Karen Savage |
Farewell | 12:56 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Mysterious Device | 8:25 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | 16:56 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Friend | 12:12 | Read by Karen Savage |
Suspense | 14:31 | Read by Karen Savage |
Calais | 17:34 | Read by Karen Savage |
Hope | 12:26 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Death-Trap | 12:38 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Eagle and the Fox | 15:12 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Jew | 15:43 | Read by Karen Savage |
On the Track | 13:41 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Pere Blanchard's Hut | 16:53 | Read by Karen Savage |
Trapped | 9:01 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Schooner | 21:45 | Read by Karen Savage |
The Escape | 19:10 | Read by Karen Savage |
Reviews
a favorite classic





A member of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
This is the third or fourth time listening/reading this book. It is a cleverly and beautifully told story full of fantastic plots, daring characters, and true love, courage, and sacrifice. I would recommend it to any good reader and thinker. And the reader -- Karen Savage is the best reader I have ever heard. Her accents and intonations are beautiful and accurate. I can be never read Sir Percy without hearing her drawly, affected tones... Overall, a masterpiece!
great story





Mindyloutoo
I just love this story. It kept my attention from the very beginning through to the very end. The vivid details make it so easy to feel as though you're right there with the characters. Of course the wonderful reader helped with that too. Its suspenseful, somewhat sad, and absolutely hilarious at times. The writer did a wonderful job at slowly piecing the story together which allowed you to follow along and assemble the puzzle as it unfolded. I also liked that she doesn't come right out and say who the Scarlet Pimpernel is. She only implies and lets you figure it out along with Marguerite.
Amazing!





lgordon
One of my all time favourite stories, absolutely brilliant!! Karen Savage does the most wonderful job reading, she portrayed all of the emotions and characters to perfection. I highly recommend this audiobook to anyone who loves adventure, romance and interesting storylines. You will fall in love with all the characters and immediately want to read all of the other Scarlet Pimpernel books out there.
Better than I expected





Iris1212
I began listening to this book and after the first chapter, I thought it wasn't going to appeal to me. However, I came back to it a couple of months later and listened to the entire book. It was entertaining throughout and excellently read. I recommend it to anyone who loves a happy ending.
spoiled by the summary





Kristie
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!! My first Baroness Orczy novel, and I loved every little chapter. My only critique is the summary written by our awesome narrator Karen: Sir Percy Blakeney and his alter ego. So I knew before I started this book who the Scarlet Pimpernel was, so I missed the mystery of it. Still and all, 5 stars for a fantastic writer, novel, and narrator!!!
Very Fun!





Abigail Merrill
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a tolerably well-written adventure story. If frequently repeated phrases don’t bother you (peremptory, or low, musical voice, or childlike face,etc) then you’ll probably enjoy this book. Once again, Karen Savage is a delight to listen to. I knew she was talented in English accents, so when she proved to be comfortable in French I was quite pleasantly surprised. Definitely recommend!





Excellent reading as ever from the remarkable Karen Savage. The book itself I thoroughly enjoyed despite several glaring plot inconsistecies. I could tell that it was originally a stage play from the series of set locations, that read ad stage sets. So, not perfect, not one of the world's greatest novels, but a fine story well told and well read.
MUCH better





berenike
This is SO much better than another version of this on Librivox. I finally deleted the other one and looked for it here on IA to leave a review. Thank you so much for posting Karen's reading. And now, what about replacing that audiobook of Camilla that gives Mr. Dubster a southern accent?