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By Esther Lombardi, About.com Guide to Classic Literature since 2000

Who Was Baroness Orczy -- What Was Her "Scarlet Pimpernel"?

Friday September 23, 2005

The Scarlet Pimpernel, Pocket ClassicsBaroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) was a novelist and artist, who was born on September 23, 1865. She wrote crime stories and then created The Scarlet Pimpernel, which is perhaps her most memorable claim-to-fame. Orczy wrote other novels, but none of them were as successful. Take a look at these top books.

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