The Scarlet Pimpernel

What and who was the Scarlet Pimpernel?

In the Scarlet Pimpernel, in chapter 1 what and who was the Scarlet Pimpernel?

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The Scarlet Pimpernel was a man, actually a group of men, who worked to assist Paris' aristocrats in escaping the city during the Revolution. The Pimpernel's identity is not revealed in the first chapter of the text.

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The Scarlet Pimpernel