The Scarlet Pimpernel (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Cora R’s request to change the contributors of The Scarlet Pimpernel Thursday, August 13 2009.

• Edited a contributor: BaronessBaroness Emmuska Orczy: (Primary Author)

Cora R edited the contributors of The Scarlet Pimpernel Wednesday, August 12 2009.

• Edited a contributor: BaronessBaroness Emmuska Orczy: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the description of The Scarlet Pimpernel Sunday, August 2 2009.

• ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP In 1792, during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, an English aristocrat known to be an ineffectual fop is actually a master of disguises who, with a small band of dedicated friends, undertakes dangerous missions to save members of the French nobility from the guillotine. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information • A chronology of the author's life and work • A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context • An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations • Detailed explanatory notes • Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work • Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction • A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Scarlet Pimpernel Friday, July 24 2009.

• Added a contributor: Baroness: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Scarlet Pimpernel Friday, July 17 2009.

• A SURGING, SEETHING, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.