id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2507 The Scarlet Pimpernel - Wikipedia .html text/html 5901 543 68 The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. The novel The Scarlet Pimpernel was published two years after the play opened and was an immediate success.[citation needed] Orczy gained a following of readers in Britain and throughout the world. In addition to the direct sequels about Sir Percy and his league, Orczy's related books include The Laughing Cavalier (1914) and The First Sir Percy (1921), about an ancestor of the Pimpernel's; Pimpernel and Rosemary (1924), about a descendant; and The Scarlet Pimpernel Looks at the World (1933), a depiction of the 1930s world from the point of view of Sir Percy. Taking into account occasional discrepancies in the dates of events (real and fictional) referred to in the stories, the following is an approximate chronological listing of Orczy's Scarlet Pimpernel novels and short stories: ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2507.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2507.txt