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The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy is available here as the complete text, split into 1018 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy31 chapters

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #60.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 31 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

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0 of 1028 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I Paris: September, 1792 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II “The Fisherman’s Rest” 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Refugees 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Marguerite 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI An Exquisite of ’92 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Secret Orchard 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Accredited Agent 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Outrage 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X In the Opera Box 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Lord Grenville’s Ball 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Either—or? 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Doubt 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Richmond 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Farewell 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Mysterious Device 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Scarlet Pimpernel 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Friend 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Suspense 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Calais 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Hope 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Death-Trap 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Eagle and the Fox 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Jew 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII On the Track 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Père Blanchard’s Hut 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Trapped 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI The Escape 52 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #60, divided into 31 chapters and 1018 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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The Scarlet Pimpernel is presented in 31 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Scarlet Pimpernel as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1018 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 31 chapters.

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Every sentence of The Scarlet Pimpernel can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

Questions about reading The Scarlet Pimpernel

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Is this the complete text of The Scarlet Pimpernel?

Yes. All 5086 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #60 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Scarlet Pimpernel is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #60, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Scarlet Pimpernel take to read?

About 423 minutes of reading across 1018 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Scarlet Pimpernel section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Scarlet Pimpernel

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Surging
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Seething
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Murmuring
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Crowd
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