i just found out yesterday that i had to do some summer reading and i need some help on the books .?

Question

the books that i need help with are the scarlet pimpernel and good ole boy.please help me. i need to write a summary on each.please tell me that you at least know one of them. if you know both please tell me

Answer 1

Can't help with the second unless you can give me more information, here's the first one for now.

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

Study Guide:

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/pimpernel/


The Scarlet Pimpernel Summary

The Scarlet Pimpernel is by far the best known not only of Orczy?s works but also of stories set during the French Revolution, although the Hungarian-born novelist wrote many more historical novels and a number of sequels to this 1905 novel. It has been dramatised and also filmed a number of times with great success and is a fun if not always historically accurate or wholly convincing story. The novel tells of the mysterious and much spoken-of League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. This group is led by the cunning and noble Sir Percy Blakeney who with accomplices risks life and limb rescuing the innocents caught up in the Reign of Terror in Paris. His disguises and other inventive ways of eluding capture stretch to his anonymity even amongst the English. It is an entertaining yarn, as suited to children as adults but none the worse for its simplicity.

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http://www.geocities.com/lovingwar/spsum.html

http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/borczy/bl-borczy-scar-1.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel

Answer 2

Don't know Good Ole boy, but do know the Scarlet Pimpernel.Written by Baroness Orczy, set during the French Revolution, The Scarlet Pimpernel ( named after a small wayside flower) was an English aristocrat who , with a small group of trusted friends, rescued many French aristocrats from the guillotine, getting them safely to England.In England he appeared to be in the height of fashion, a weak, foppish man. His real name was Sir Percy Blakeney, his wife was Lady Marguerite. His main enemy was Citizen Chauvelin. A rhyme was written about him: "They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in Heaven? Is he in Hell? that demmed elusive Pimpernel." The book is a good read, but the language is rather old fashioned. Stick with it! Hope this helps.

Answer 3

How about you just try reading them? What a "novel" idea!!! hahahaha If you actually sat down and started reading, it really wouldn't take you that long. Have fun!

Answer 4

Kinda defeats the purpose of reading them yourself.

Answer 5

It's summer reading selections like those that make young people HATE reading...jeez, your teacher must suck.

Answer 6

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