tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post113242091963878032..comments2024-03-28T12:00:29.857+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: The Scarlet PimpernelLouise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1132660553851670662005-11-22T11:55:00.000+00:002005-11-22T11:55:00.000+00:00It is so romantic, isn't it. Although the tinyness...It is so romantic, isn't it. Although the tinyness of her hands and feet is just a little annoying to me, probably because it's excessively feminine/childlike, as is her 'childlike face'. But I suppose ideals of beauty change. And it's not as though she isn't highly intelligent, brave and resourceful:<BR/><BR/>'The childlike sweet face had become hard and set, the curved mouth was closed tightly over her clenched teeth. She meant to do or die, with him and for his sake. A frown, which spoke of an iron will and unbending resolution, appeared between the two straight brows.'<BR/><BR/>One thing I like a lot about the Pimpernel (other the usual heroic things) is his laugh. Even once Marguerite discovers his various identities, he still has 'that funny, half-shy, half-inane laugh of his'. It makes him seem more real to me that, despite his great height and strength, his exquisite taste in clothes and his daring and intelligence, there is this little thing that is not so heroic. It makes him more human.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1132648482272745562005-11-22T08:34:00.000+00:002005-11-22T08:34:00.000+00:00LOL! Laura, you beat us to it! See today's blog.LOL! Laura, you beat us to it! See today's blog.Historical Romance Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02899499185641474284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1132621368370358432005-11-22T01:02:00.000+00:002005-11-22T01:02:00.000+00:00"Had she but turned back then, and looked out once..."Had she but turned back then, and looked out once more on to the rose-lit garden, she would have seen that which would have made her own sufferings seem but light and easy to bear--a strong man, overwhelmed with his own passion and his own despair. Pride had given way at last, obstinacy was gone: the will was powerless. He was but a man madly, blindly, passionately in love, and as soon as her light footsteps had died away within the house, he knelt down upon the terrace steps, and in the very madness of his love he kissed one by one the places where her small foot had trodden, and the stone balustrade there, where her tiny hand had rested last."<BR/><BR/>Ahh! I had to go and re-read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1132597095582403612005-11-21T18:18:00.000+00:002005-11-21T18:18:00.000+00:00Don't forget the Pimpernel's appearance in Episode...Don't forget the Pimpernel's appearance in Episode 3 of Blackadder the Third (<I>Nob and Nobility</I>):<BR/><BR/>Baldrick: Hooray! It's the Scarlet Pimpernel!<BR/><BR/>Edmund: Yes, Baldrick.<BR/><BR/>Baldrick: And you killed him.<BR/><BR/>Classic...Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816256676376213859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1132493240145067062005-11-20T13:27:00.000+00:002005-11-20T13:27:00.000+00:00I've seen all three as well, and the Howard/Oberon...I've seen all three as well, and the Howard/Oberon remains my fave. To me it captures the book best - maybe it's the black and white film. <BR/><BR/>As for the book, it's one of my faves and started my interest in the FR period. Though NEVER, and I mean NEVER, mention this book to any of the French Revolution scholars out there unless you want to see a genuine case of apoplexy. Especially if they're of a left-leaning bent and fans of Robespierre (who wasn't as bad as he's been painted, but still not very nice).Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636189059910920978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1132475761145131042005-11-20T08:36:00.000+00:002005-11-20T08:36:00.000+00:00I have the book moldering in my closet unread! *G*...I have the book moldering in my closet unread! *G* But I bought it because it looked great--so now I have to go read it.Evangeline Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132593133675388609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1132424884606753662005-11-19T18:28:00.000+00:002005-11-19T18:28:00.000+00:00I have the Richard E Grant ones on DVD and they ar...I have the Richard E Grant ones on DVD and they are excellent. I saw the Anthony Andrews ones - but ages ago when they were on TV.Kate Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425834913219662421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1132424237879829612005-11-19T18:17:00.000+00:002005-11-19T18:17:00.000+00:00I have seen all the versions you mention. My favou...I have seen all the versions you mention. My favourite was Richard E Grant. Which one do others like?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com