The Scarlet Pimpernel B4

Name: Aaron Wise
Class: B4
Book: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Pages:271
Rating:****


Recommendation: This book is good for anyone who likes a little adventure. It has daring and some mysterious parts involved. It also has a little bit of romance put in it.


Summary: This book takes place during the French Revolution. A French actress named Marguerite St just marries Percy Blakeney a wealthy Englishman. When he finds out that she sold out someone to the guillotine and their marriage becomes estranged. Marguerite is visited by a old acquaintance Chauvelin, who tries to talk her into finding out who the Scarlet Pimpernel is. Who goes into Paris and frees hundreds of aristocrats from the guillotine. She resists, and as she is in an opera, Chauvelin comes to her and tells her that they have found her brother to be in league with the scarlet pimpernel. He tells her that if she can find out who the scarlet pimpernel is. She gives in, and finds a note to be given to the scarlet pimpernel.


Explanation of Rating: I enjoy reading historical books, so I liked it anyway. This book was fun to read, and it kept you wanting to read more. I felt like i was involved in the book. It built up to the ending really nicely. The climax was really well put together, and made for a good ending. I also thought that it was well written, and not confusing.


Favorite Passage: "She had sinned; now she must repay, not by empty remorse, but by prompt and useful action."

I like this just because this is the right way to repay something, you can't do it just by sitting there and saying your sorry, but by actually doing something so repay it.