The Scarlet Pimpernel

Fun story and great reader

(5 stars)

Kim Qian

This is a great story with action, suspense, comedy, and romance. Very fun and well written. It is also wonderfully read. Karen is a wonderful expressive reader.

(5 stars)

Phil Walker

Absolutely brilliant reading. Karen Savage pronunciation of all the French words makes this reading. I was riveted like no other librovox title. I have literally listened to this book like 5 times. Ms. Savage you have my eternal gratitude. I have listened to a thousand titles, this was the finest of them all.

Named a Car

(5 stars)

Tim Kraus

My wife loves the story so well, her scarlet red BMW has a personalized license plate PIMPRNL. And the reader is fabulous. Quite the story teller...

Very Fun!

(5 stars)

Abigail

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!

Spoiler on the synopsis is a let down

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

Everything nice except telling you beforehand who the scarlet pimpernel is, annoying :/

(4 stars)

aircraft fan forever

Wonderful! I’ve listened to it twice and it never fails to keep me on my toes. Karen savage is by far the best narrator I have ever listened to. I also highly recommend others of the scarlet pimpernel series.each one is an amazing account of how the mysterious hero thwarts his enemies and uses his witty jokes to make them still angrier!!!!!!

It is easy and light hearted read.

(4 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

I loved the story and Karen's many accent inotations. She has an English accent , she is not a Texan!! My only criticism is that, I found Karen was speaking far too fast. In fact, four times I had to replay a part and put my volume on high, so I could understand the word that she had just hurried!! I could often hear her gasping for breath, because she was racing through the text. Two examples of such, were in chapter 18 at 4.06 approximately, she said, '' Bluebeards" wife. I presume it was in reference, to the famous pirate and at 3.57 approximately, she said, "unmolested". It sounded as if, she was in a hurry and that annoyed me. I would have given her five stars but for that. I look forward to checking out other books by this author. I hope , Karen doesn't narrate her other books, quite as fast. However, I'd still like to thank Karen, if she's reading this.

Disliked. Kind of Too Obvious. For gullible young people.

(1.5 stars)

Jeanette Leuers

Karen ALWAYS ace reader. Where is she now? I was interested to read the comparison of the two inns. France and Britain. at that time, suggested, during the French revolution. The surly, ugly, dirty innkeeper demanding equality, in his filthy, French inn, compared to the top of the range service, charming staff, and comforts, of the English inn. Especially as I remembered reading accounts written by Gauguin's grandmother, of the lives of the English working poor, at about the same time. I felt uneasy as if being *conned*. I need to read more history books, not fiction. What was life like for all European really like for poorer people, at that time? What help was there for hungry/cold/homeless people?