< The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)

The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)/YMMV


The original novel

The sequel novels

  • Foe Yay: Chauvelin and Sir Percy, the man who haunts "his daydreams and his sleepless nights."
  • Hilarious in Hindsight:
    • Sir Percy Hits Back reveals that Chauvelin has an 18-year-old daughter. Count how many adaptations make him an ex-suitor or love interest for the 25-year-old Marguerite. [1]
    • In The Life and Exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel, written by Baroness Orcy's son, Sir Andrew recalls the day Blakeney explained his reasoning behind adopting the scarlet pimpernel motif and his m.o. of leaving his calling card whenever he made a rescue:

He told me that our best chance of safety lay in making ourselves feared. To superstitious, half-educated people, the mysterious device ... would reduce many to a state of fear.

  1. Not a lot of hindsight is even required here, since almost the first thing the original novel says about him (even before the first "fox-like") is that he's "nearer forty than thirty."
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