Books like The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emma Orczy reads as adventurous, romantic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Capitaine Fracasse
Théophile Gautier · 1860
Shares the romance + vornate thread
70% genome match
La comtesse de Salisbury
Alexandre Dumas · 1839
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Kenilworth
Sir Walter Scott · 1800
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Scaramouche
Rafael Sabatini · 1900
Shares the vornate thread
75% genome match
Arcadia
Sir Philip Sidney · 1598
Shares the romance + vornate thread
76% genome match
The Laird's luck
Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1901
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
The Masqueraders
Georgette Heyer · 1928
Shares the romance + vornate thread
73% genome match
Lorna Doone
R. D. Blackmore · 1656
Shares the romance + vornate thread
70% genome match
The Scottish Chiefs
Jane Porter · 1800
Shares the romance + vornate thread
70% genome match
Comedias
Lope de Vega · 1604
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Eva Luna
Isabel Allende · 1987
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
As You Like It
William Shakespeare · 1734
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
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