The Scarlet PimpernelClassic · Fiction, Young Adult, Historical Fiction
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1905 · 182 pages · Fiction
60.3Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Critics' pick
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
60.3Must-Read Score
- Readers30 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics30 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Bestseller22 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
Where it ranks
- #113 of the 124 historical novels we rank
- #194 of the 260 young adult books we rank
- #784 of the 924 classics we rank
- #2509 of the 3,057 books we rank
Why it made the list
On the lists
Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read
Reads as
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