If you only want to read 19th century British literature concerning the Revolution that has actual literary merit, your list will be very short indeed, I'm afraid. That said, it's hard to get worse than The Scarlet Pimpernel - leaving completely aside how rabidly reactionary it is*, it's terribly written, the plot is laughably implausible, the characters are wooden and it's not even entertaining is a so-bad-it's-good kind of way. I've never understood its appeal.
*No, seriously. I strongly dislike A Tale of Two Cities because of its portrayal of the Revolution and I'm not a big fan of Dickens in general, but I can at least see why people like him. Whereas Orczy... it's just bewildering to me.
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Date: 2011-05-23 11:17 pm (UTC)*No, seriously. I strongly dislike A Tale of Two Cities because of its portrayal of the Revolution and I'm not a big fan of Dickens in general, but I can at least see why people like him. Whereas Orczy... it's just bewildering to me.