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01-02-2019, 08:10 PM | #106 |
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Given how often this sentiment is repeated (as you already noted, Orczy did like to make sure the reader didn't miss such things ), it is obviously intentional that we should understand that the League are not doing it to be heroic. In more modern times we have heroes striding forward into their heroic endeavour like that scene from "The Right Stuff", but I believe the style of that period (and going back quite a way) was that it was better form (more English, perhaps?) for them to be doing it for sport.
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01-02-2019, 08:36 PM | #108 | |
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I enjoyed The Scarlet Pimpernel the first time I read it, without really thinking about its messages. This time around, I was much more aware of the ideological overtones of the novel, but I still enjoyed it as an adventure novel, even knowing the plot, which says something about Orczy's skills as a writer. Deciphering the author's views gave it an extra level of interest, and helped to explain so many of the odd phrases and portrayals in the novel |
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It's one reason why I find revisiting childhood favorites interesting. There's the fun of seeing why it worked then but there's also the added interest of discerning what also was going on, especially in terms of social commentary. I approach them with a dual mindset - and it's why Scarlet Pimpernel will always be a loved book for me. |
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Even if I missed other such instances, I still don't like Marguerite's opinion here. It may have been accurate, but the way it was written was extremely distasteful. As I said, I was absolutely sure that Percy was playacting, but his performance was still cringe-worthy and unacceptable. |
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01-11-2019, 09:30 AM | #111 |
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The following link showed up in my newsfeed this morning and I thought it might be of interest to some here as an adjunct to The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites The opera tells the story of the Martyrs of Compiègne, Carmelite nuns who refused to renounce their vocations as mandated by the anti-clerical revolutionary government and were guillotined (toward the end of the Terror, an error in the link blurb). |
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It’s a great work by one of my favourite composers. Interesting painting too.
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Boy I was wrong. I always thought the title was The Scarlet Pumpernickel not Pimpernel
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You're thinking of the famous Michael Maltese work: The Scarlet Pumpernickel |
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How have I managed all this time without having seen this masterpiece?
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I’ve already started February’s book, A Delicate Truth. We were destined to read it! There are multiple Pimpernel references which I would not have understood previously.
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Golly, I didn't know that! I nominated it because it seemed to fit the theme very well indeed, and I had picked it up recently from Kobo. I'm looking forward to reading it.
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01-23-2019, 06:42 AM | #119 |
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Commenting here because it seems related to the portrayal of the "Jew" in SP. I've just started Whose Body?, the first Peter Wimsey story and Lord" is it OBSESSED the fact the missing man is "A Jew" "A Hebrew", "Jewish" "a Semite" etc, etc. The overwhelming frequency of comments like "I’m sure some Jews are very good people" (Dowager) "A good Jew can be a good man" (Bunter) is distracting and annoying. If Orczy cops flak for being anti-Semitic, then Sayers DEFINITELY should too in that horridly patronising condescending sort of way that pretends it's not racist.
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