# The Scarlet Pimpernel — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the book to Julia Neilson and Fred Terry, acknowledging their theatrical genius in creating the roles of Sir Percy and Lady Blakeney on stage.
- [The Scarlet Pimpernel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/the-scarlet-pimpernel.md): The opening chapter introduces the mysterious figure of the Scarlet Pimpernel, a daring Englishman who rescues French aristocrats from the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. The chapter sets the stage in Paris, where
- [Paris: September, 1792](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/i-paris-september-1792.md): The chapter opens in Paris during the Reign of Terror, depicting the bloodlust of the crowd and the daily executions by guillotine. Sergeant Bibot guards the West Barricade, boasting of his skill at unmasking aristocrats
- [Dover: The Fisherman's Rest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/ii-dover-the-fisherman-s-rest.md): The chapter introduces the bustling kitchen and coffee-room of the Fisherman's Rest inn in Dover, where Sally and the kitchen maids work under the grumbling eye of old Jemima. In the coffee-room, Mr. Jellyband holds fort
- [The Refugees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/iii-the-refugees.md): At the Fisherman's Rest, Lord Antony Dewhurst arrives and prepares to welcome French aristocratic refugees fleeing the Revolution. The Comtesse de Tournay, her daughter Suzanne, and the Vicomte de Tournay arrive, along w

> 28 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_scarlet_pimpernel_1050kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/iv-the-league-of-the-scarlet-pimpernel.md)
- [V: Marguerite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/v-marguerite.md)
- [An Exquisite of ’92](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/vi-an-exquisite-of-92.md)
- [The Secret Orchard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/vii-the-secret-orchard.md)
- [VIII: The Accredited Agent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/viii-the-accredited-agent.md)
- [The Outrage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/ix-the-outrage.md)
- [X: In the Opera Box](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/x-in-the-opera-box.md)
- [Lord Grenville's Ball](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xi-lord-grenville-s-ball.md)
- [XII: The Scrap of Paper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xii-the-scrap-of-paper.md)
- [XIII: Either—Or?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xiii-either-or.md)
- [XIV: One O'Clock Precisely!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xiv-one-o-clock-precisely.md)
- [Doubt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xv-doubt.md)
- [XVI: Richmond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xvi-richmond.md)
- [Farewell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xvii-farewell.md)
- [XVIII: The Mysterious Device](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xviii-the-mysterious-device.md)
- [XIX: The Scarlet Pimpernel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xix-the-scarlet-pimpernel.md)
- [The Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xx-the-friend.md)
- [Suspense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxi-suspense.md)
- [XXII: Calais](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxii-calais.md)
- [XXIII: Hope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxiii-hope.md)
- [XXIV: The Deathtrap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxiv-the-deathtrap.md)
- [The Eagle and the Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxv-the-eagle-and-the-fox.md)
- [The Jew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxvi-the-jew.md)
- [On the Track](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxvii-on-the-track.md)
- [XXVIII: The Père Blanchard’s Hut](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxviii-the-p-re-blanchard-s-hut.md)
- [XXIX: Trapped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxix-trapped.md)
- [The Schooner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxx-the-schooner.md)
- [The Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxxi-the-escape.md)

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