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Cover of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emma Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Scarlet Pimpernel runs an estimated 9 hours as an audiobook (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9est. listening hrs
4.3★28 ratings
Historical Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Scarlet Pimpernel at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 61% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 25% shorter than the average historical fiction audiobook (12 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).

Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 9 hours (estimated).

About the book

A band of English Noblemen, led by the masked Scarlet Pimpernel, secretly conspire to rescue French noblemen from the guillotine of French Revolutionists. The French army offers 5,000 francs for the Scarlet Pimpernel, who is quite sneaky in his means to free these mostly innocent men. Rumor has it that the Scarlet Pimpernel has super powers which aid him in evading capture along with his team of men. The Scarlet Pimpernel lives a double life, one as an English aristocrat, wealthy, and popular among society's elite, and another at night when he becomes a superhero and master of disguise to the French nobles he has vowed to save. To others, such as the revolutionists, he is something darker, and dangerous - a vigilante who must be captured and stopped at once.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Scarlet Pimpernel as an audiobook?

The Scarlet Pimpernel runs about 9 hours, our estimate from its 303 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is The Scarlet Pimpernel free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

When was The Scarlet Pimpernel first published?

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emma Orczy was first published in 1900.