B. J. Harrison Reads The Scarlet Pimpernel characters

Appears from the start

The landlord of the Fisherman's Rest at Dover, an English inn where travelers and local men discuss the upheaval in France. Hospitable, patriotic, and fond of political talk, he provides a meeting place used by people engaged in far more dangerous business than he realizes.

Appears from the start

A young English aristocrat and member of the secret League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Good-humored and courageous, he helps escort French fugitives across the Channel and maintains secrecy even among friends.

Appears from the start

A young English gentleman belonging to the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. He takes part in rescue missions and quietly serves the League's leader while appearing in society as an ordinary fashionable man.

First appears in chapter 3

A French noblewoman rescued from the Revolution with members of her household. Proud and deeply conscious of rank, she carries a bitter grievance against Marguerite St. Just because of the destruction of the St. Cyr family.

First appears in chapter 3

The Comtesse de Tournay's young daughter, newly escaped from France. She is gentle and less governed by old resentments than her mother, and she quickly attracts the admiration of Sir Andrew Ffoulkes.

First appears in chapter 4

The unknown English leader of a daring band that smuggles condemned aristocrats out of revolutionary France. Known only by a small flower drawn on messages, the Pimpernel relies on disguises, planning, and loyal agents rather than open force.

Also known as Lady Blakeney

First appears in chapter 5

A celebrated French actress and the cleverest, most admired woman in London society. Now married to an English baronet, she masks unhappiness with wit and brilliance. Her devotion to her brother Armand gives the French agent Chauvelin leverage over her.

First appears in chapter 5

A representative of revolutionary France sent to England to discover the Scarlet Pimpernel's identity. Controlled, patient, and relentless, he uses surveillance and coercion more readily than personal violence.

First appears in chapter 6

Marguerite's beloved older brother and a committed French republican. His actions in France have attracted official suspicion, making his safety the point on which Chauvelin can most effectively pressure Marguerite.

Also known as Sir Percy

First appears in chapter 7

Marguerite's wealthy English husband, famous for elaborate clothes, slow speech, and apparently empty-headed good humor. He remains courteous despite the distance in their marriage, and society regards him as amiable but incapable of serious thought.

First appears in chapter 22

Chauvelin's secretary and subordinate in Calais. He assists the French agent's surveillance and carries orders as the effort to trap the Scarlet Pimpernel closes around the coastal inn and the nearby hut.