The Scarlet Pimpernel

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The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic 1905 adventure novel by Baroness Orczy about a mysterious English aristocrat who daringly rescues French nobles from the guillotine during the French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure novel ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptation The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film) ⓘ
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 television film) ⓘ
The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) ⓘ
author Baroness Orczy ⓘ
centralConflict rescue of French aristocrats from the guillotine ⓘ
characterType masked hero ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstAppearanceOfCharacter Sir Percy Blakeney ⓘ
firstPublicationForm play ⓘ
firstStageProductionYear 1903 ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
romantic fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Armand St. Just ⓘ
Lord Antony Dewhurst ⓘ
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes ⓘ
hasSequel Eldorado ⓘ
I Will Repay ⓘ
The Scarlet Pimpernel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Elusive Pimpernel
hasSymbol scarlet pimpernel flower ⓘ
influenced Batman ⓘ
Zorro ⓘ
literaryMovement popular fiction of the early 20th century ⓘ
literarySeries The Scarlet Pimpernel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Scarlet Pimpernel series
literaryStatus classic of adventure literature ⓘ
mainAntagonist Citizen Chauvelin ⓘ
mainCharacter Marguerite Blakeney ⓘ
Sir Percy Blakeney ⓘ
narrativeDevice secret identity ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor one of the earliest examples of a masked avenger hero in popular literature ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
plotSummary An English aristocrat secretly rescues French nobles from execution during the French Revolution. ⓘ
protagonistAlias The Scarlet Pimpernel self-link ⓘ
publicationYear 1905 ⓘ
publisher Greening & Co. ⓘ
settingPeriod French Revolution ⓘ
settingPlace England ⓘ
France ⓘ
targetAudience general readership ⓘ
theme heroism ⓘ
identity and disguise ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
timeOfAction 1792 ⓘ

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Zorro → inspiredBy → The Scarlet Pimpernel ⓘ
Walter Plunkett → notableWork → The Scarlet Pimpernel ⓘ
Raymond Massey → notableWork → The Scarlet Pimpernel ⓘ
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Merle Oberon → notableWork → The Scarlet Pimpernel ⓘ
Leslie Howard Steiner → notableWork → The Scarlet Pimpernel ⓘ
Leslie Howard Steiner → portrayedIn → The Scarlet Pimpernel ⓘ
The Scarlet Pimpernel → protagonistAlias → The Scarlet Pimpernel self-link ⓘ
The Scarlet Pimpernel → literarySeries → The Scarlet Pimpernel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Scarlet Pimpernel series
The Scarlet Pimpernel → hasSequel → The Scarlet Pimpernel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Elusive Pimpernel
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Pimpernel Smith → inspiredBy → The Scarlet Pimpernel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baroness Orczy's Scarlet Pimpernel stories
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Norman Rosemont → basedOnWorkAdapted → The Scarlet Pimpernel ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
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Anthony Powell → notableWork → The Scarlet Pimpernel ⓘ
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