What’s Old is New Episode 2.7 - The Scarlet Pimpernel Classics Rip (Or Not???)
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0:25 Jen sounds punchy, within the first minute.
0:45 It is like A Tale of Two Cities, but not WAY TOO LONG and Nicole is amazed that The Scarlet Pimpernel didn’t read like a play, even though it was a play first.
2:45 The verdict of Nicole the skeptic! It is romance adventure, but we love it!
3:55 There is a strange noise and I have no idea what it is, but we continue loving on The Scarlet Pimpernel.
4:15 We basically read this because Jen once read Lauren Willig’s books.
5:15 HOW DO WE PRONOUNCE BARONESS ORCZY’S NAME? Sadly, this time Jen can’t just ask the author.
6:30 Is this the best writing in the world? Maybe not, BUT IT WORKED FOR THE STORY.
7:40 A Tale of Two Cities is much more ambitious than The Scarlet Pimpernel, but they aren’t dissimilar and Baroness O’s book is WAY more accessible.
10:45 Nicole’s initial reluctance to The Scarlet Pimpernel. What is the deal with the pimpernel, anyway?
12:20 More about Lauren Willig’s The Secret History of the Pink Carnation series.
15:35 In which we keep The Scarlet Pimpernel in our personal canon.
17:15 Sorry, guys, there was no “ripping” in this classics rip!
18:20 Next classics rip, we’re going back to Dickens and reading A Christmas Carol, expect snark.
19:30 PRIZE ALERT! The first person to recommend something by Dickens that we like (or, you know, don’t hate after 100), you will win A BIG PILE OF BOOKS!!! Comment here, or email oldisnewpodcast@gmail.com
20:50 Wrap up!
