The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Emma Orczy
Lu par 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)
Series:
1: The Scarlet Pimpernel
2: I Will Repay
2.5: The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
3: The Elusive Pimpernel
4: El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
5: Lord Tony's Wife
6: The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
7: Sir Percy Hits Back
Prequel: The Laughing Cavalier
(7 hr 49 min)
Chapitres
| Paris: September, 1792 | 15:45 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| Dover: "The Fisherman's Rest" | 18:18 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Refugees | 14:10 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel | 15:05 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| Marguerite | 10:45 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| An Exquisite of '92 | 18:44 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Secret Orchard | 12:04 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Accredited Agent | 21:42 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Outrage | 11:56 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| In the Opera Box | 27:09 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| Lord Grenville's Ball | 11:32 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Scrap of Paper | 15:24 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| Either - - Or? | 4:47 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| One O'Clock Precisely | 15:09 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| Doubt | 10:10 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| Richmond | 27:24 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| Farewell | 12:56 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Mysterious Device | 8:25 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | 16:56 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Friend | 12:12 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| Suspense | 14:31 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| Calais | 17:34 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| Hope | 12:26 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Death-Trap | 12:38 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Eagle and the Fox | 15:12 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Jew | 15:43 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| On the Track | 13:41 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Pere Blanchard's Hut | 16:53 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| Trapped | 9:01 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Schooner | 21:45 | Lu par Karen Savage |
| The Escape | 19:10 | Lu par Karen Savage |
Critiques
Fun story and great reader
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.
Named a Car
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...
It is easy and light hearted read.
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.
queen of the readers
Lord de Ville
this is my first time listening to Karen Savage but it won't be my last. I think that she speaks the queen's English better than HRH herself and I was truly amazed to learn that she is actually from Texas the novel is very fast paced and the baroness has not wasted any text on unnecessary diversions or flowery explanations. the combination of the precise reading and the economic writing is that this story zips along and you really don't want to press the stop button. this was an excellent listen and I heartily recommend it..
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!!!!!!
Excellently read!
Hannah
Karen Savage is one of the best readers on Librivox, in my opinion, and she did an amazing job with this book. Good use of different accents, good pronunciation, of the French words, and all round very engaging. The story itself kept me on the edge of my seat! Such loveable characters along side a believable and passionate villian.
Story was great and Narrator was Perfect
ToyotaTacoma23
Karen Savage (of Waco TX, 2007 haha) read The Scarlet Pimpernel beautifully. She has a professional way of making the distinction between characters, pronouncing the french words, and making the older language more comprehensive for the novice like myself. I can not applaude Karen enough for her wonderful job.
Excellent story, very well read
B Ivers
Another great read by Karen Savage, who is now my favorite Librivox reader. She provides just enough variation of characters' dialogues to give them life and personality, without going so far to be annoying. And this excellent story provided her with many interesting characters to bring to life.