Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Emma Orczy
Born: September 23, 1865
Died: November 12, 1947 (aged 82)
Bio: Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci was a Hungarian-born British novelist, playwright, and artist of noble origin. She is most known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Known for:
- The Old Man in the Corner (1908)
- The Elusive Pimpernel (1908)
- I Will Repay (1906)
- The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919)
- Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (1910)