The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel · Character

The Leridans

A family or group caught in the revolution.

minor

Also known as Leridans

First appearance: i

The Leridans's tie to Citizen Chauvelin is one of the pressures that moves The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Keepers of the house on the Chemin de Pantin where Marat's child was hidden.

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The Leridans first appears in 0001 i.

With Citizen Chauvelin (professional): The Leridans are a family of revolutionary informants or agents who report to Chauvelin. With Citizen Chauvelin (professional): The Leridans are a family of revolutionary informants or agents who report to Chauvelin.

In VII: Keepers of the house on the Chemin de Pantin where Marat's child was hidden.

Later, in VIII: Anxious, obsequious, and terrified; they obey Chauvelin and reveal the warning letter they cannot read.

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Relationship types

Professional
Other

Character groups

Revolutionaries and mistaken identity
Protagonist
Minor characters and aristocrats

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Citizen Chauvelin
professional · ambivalent
The Leridans are a family of revolutionary informants or agents who report to Chauvelin. How this plays out →
Citizen Chauvelin
professional · ambivalent
The Leridans are a family of revolutionary informants or agents who report to Chauvelin. How this plays out →

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VII
Keepers of the house on the Chemin de Pantin where Marat's child was hidden.
VIII
Anxious, obsequious, and terrified; they obey Chauvelin and reveal the warning letter they cannot read.
IX
Mentioned as the source of the crumpled paper with the doggerel rhyme that Chauvelin uses as false evidence.
Chapter XI
The Leridans were deceived by false Sûreté men who took the child; they protest their innocence to Chauvelin.

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