Finished reading: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy 📚

1905 | Historical fiction (French Revolution), classics January bookclub pick

This was my second time reading this, and I liked it again, but not quite as much as the first time I read it (several years ago). Baroness Orczy is aggressively pro-aristocracy, and it’s a bit much at times. Setting aside actual politics and going along with the which-is-which of good guys/bad guys within the story as it is written, I do love stories of tricksters outsmarting their opponents. My husband learned that the Scarlet Pimpernel is widely considered the first costumed superhero, which is an interesting way to read this one. I also learned that it was originally written as a play, and that tracks.

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