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Trama e riassunto di Pagherò
- 8 min di lettura
- 10 parts
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A girl swears vengeance over her brother's body, then finds herself in love with the man she swore to ruin.
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Pagherò in breve
Riassunto: 8 min di lettura
- Tempo di lettura
- Circa 4 h 10 min3 h 20 min fast, 4 h 55 min slow
- Durata
- 59.300 parole
- Livello nella biblioteca
- Medio longer sentences, everyday words
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1906by Baronessa Orczy
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Pagherò in short
I Will Repay is the story of a promise made at the worst possible moment. A child watches her brother brought home dead and swears to ruin the man who killed him. Ten years later, in the Paris of the Terror, she walks into his house and meets a man who is gentle, brave and in love with her.
What Pagherò is about
What would you do if you swore, at fourteen, over your dead brother's body, to bring down the man who killed him? Now picture that you find him ten years later, and he is the kindest man in Paris. Worse, you are starting to love him.
That is the knot at the heart of I Will Repay, a novel of the French Revolution by Baroness Orczy, the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel. The book opens in Paris in 1783 and leaps to 1793, the year of the Terror, when a single anonymous note can destroy a life. You get a love story, a plot to save a queen, and a close look at a city that has lost its mind. You also get a moral question: can a promise made in grief bind a person to do wrong?
A chi è rivolto. Readers who love swashbuckling romance, the French Revolution, secret plots and daring rescues will feel at home here. It suits anyone who enjoys honor, faith, jealousy and love colliding.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A quarrel over a lady ends in death
The story begins in Paris in 1783, in a famous gaming room. The young Vicomte de Marny, rich, spoiled and drunk on wine, is infatuated with a notorious beauty. When a man named Paul Déroulède shrugs at her name, the boy throws cards in his face and calls him a coward.
Déroulède is the outsider in that room. His wealth has bought him a place among nobles, but he has few friends. He sees his blunder too late and would gladly apologize. The stiff code of honor forbids it. In the duel he is the better swordsman and only wants to disarm the boy. But the shamed Vicomte demands more, and in a reckless lunge he falls dead on the older man's blade.
Orczy shows a gentle man forced by custom into a killing he never wanted. She also names guests in that room who will die on the guillotine within a few years. The world of fine manners is already doomed, and no one can see it. A harm done without malice can still echo for years.
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A child swears an oath she cannot understand
The dead Vicomte is carried home.
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An impulsive encounter brings the avenger to his door
The story jumps to August 1793.
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A day in the woods and a queen to save
Anne Mie waits on Juliette with gentle courtesy, but she calls herself a faithful house dog who can watch and bite.
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Jealousy speaks, and a denunciation is written
Walking home, Blakeney is stopped by Anne Mie.
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A declaration of love and a house searched
Later that day Juliette cannot bear to stay.
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The papers burn, but the secret does not
While Merlin searches upstairs, Juliette takes the case to her room, cuts it open and finds letters in Déroulède's own hand that would send him to the guillotine.
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Arrest, a plot in a tavern, and a trial begins
Merlin finds the scorched fragments in Juliette's room.
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Vengeance, mercy and the weight of an oath
The central theme is the clash between a promise and a conscience.
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Love, idealism and the voice of the storyteller
The second theme is love in its different forms.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Juliette de Marny A young aristocrat who swore at fourteen to avenge her brother, and who now lives hidden in Paris, torn between her oath and her heart.
- Paul Déroulède A rich, generous deputy loved by the Paris poor, who is determined to help the imprisoned Queen and who falls deeply in love with Juliette.
- Anne Mie Déroulède's crippled foster cousin, who loves him in silence and distrusts the beautiful guest who has entered the house.
- Sir Percy Blakeney The English dandy who secretly leads the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel and wants to save his friends from the guillotine.
- Merlin A filthy, cruel politician who wrote the Law of the Suspect and is eager to bring down Déroulède.
- Foucquier-Tinville The Public Prosecutor, a bony and bloodthirsty man who sends prisoners to the guillotine by the dozen and enjoys a clever trap.
- Pétronelle Juliette's loyal old nurse, who follows her young mistress everywhere and cannot bear to leave her alone.
- Lenoir A giant coal heaver from the provinces who rises in a violent club and proposes a plan to destroy Déroulède.
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What is I Will Repay about?
It tells of Juliette de Marny, who swears as a child to avenge her brother's death. Years later, in Revolutionary Paris, she meets his killer, Paul Déroulède, and must choose between her oath and her feelings.
Is the Scarlet Pimpernel in I Will Repay?
Yes. Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel, comes to Paris to help his friend Déroulède. His League of English gentlemen plays a central part in the later chapters of the book.
Is I Will Repay a true story?
No, the main characters are invented. It is set in real events, the Terror of 1793, with real figures such as Merlin, Tinville, Santerre and Robespierre, and real places such as the Conciergerie and Père Lachaise.
What does the title I Will Repay mean?
It comes from a line in the Bible, which says vengeance belongs to God. In the book it points to Juliette's oath of revenge and the lesson that revenge is not hers to take.
Is I Will Repay easy to follow?
Yes, the story has clear scenes, strong villains and heroes, and plenty of action. You can enjoy it even if you have not read The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Cita questa edizione
Orczy, Emmuska. I Will Repay. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/i-will-repay.
Orczy, E. (2026). I will repay. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/i-will-repay (Original work published 1906)
Orczy, Emmuska. I Will Repay. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/i-will-repay.
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