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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. Pyle compiled the traditional Robin Hood ballads as a series of episodes of a coherent narrative.
- Howard Pyle
- 1883
During the reign of King Henry II in England, 18-year-old Robin Hood gets into a fight on the way to an archery competition, accidentally killing a forester. Robin hides from the vengeful Sheriff of Nottingham in Sherwood Forest. Over time, other outlaws join him, and he becomes the leader of their band.
Feb 5, 2006 · The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. Contents. Preface: from the author to the reader -- How Robin Hood came to be an outlaw -- Robin Hood and the tinker -- The shooting-match at Nottingham town -- Will Stutely rescued by his good companions -- Robin Hood turns butcher -- Little john goes to Nottingham fair -- How Little John lived at the ...
- Howard Pyle
- 1883
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is a much-beloved adventure novel by Howard Pyle (1853-1911), published in 1883. Pyle, an American illustrator and children’s author, wove together several of the early ballads about the famed medieval outlaw Robin Hood and his companions, the Merry Men, in an episodic and entertaining plot aimed at young ...
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Dover Children's Classics) Paperback – June 1, 1968. "No archer ever lived that could speed a gray goose shaft with such skill and cunning as his, nor were there ever such yeomen as the sevenscore merry men that roamed with him through the greenwood shades.
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- Dover Publications
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- Howard Pyle
In need of healing and peace, Robin decides to return to his beloved forest and leave behind his wealth and his title. Explanation of the famous quotes in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues.
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The adventures of the lusty and stout men of Robin Hood are very merry, indeed. As Howard Pyle tells it, it is all joy and love living in the woods as outlaws. Little John, Friar Tuck and other merry band members get their origin story - usually involving locked in an unwinnable combat with Robin, who gets out if the bind by recruiting them.
