The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

by Howard Pyle
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

by Howard Pyle

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Overview

Howard Pyle's "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" is a conventional retelling of the adventures of Robin Hood, the legendary English hero. Pyle's drawing surely indicates what life changed into like in medieval England, whilst Prince John changed into in price and there was a number of unfairness and corruption. Robin Hood and his group of Merry Men visit the Sherwood Forest to fight towards the rich people's rule and deliver cash to the terrible. Pyle's story is a tapestry of daring adventures, capturing competitions, and conferences with well-known characters like Little John, Friar Tuck, and Maid Marian. The book is set justice, friendship, and standing as much as abuse. It indicates Robin Hood as a captivating and precise crook. Written in a fashion harking back to medieval tales, Pyle offers the recollections a feel of being timeless, growing a work that has stood the check of time for its charming story and bright characters. In the equal manner, the writer's own pictures make the medieval putting of the book look higher. "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" is famous for the energetic way it indicates the legendary hero and his band. It is a conventional and crucial paintings that has formed the photograph of Robin Hood in literature and delusion.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789360462840
Publisher: Double 9 Books
Publication date: 01/01/2024
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.58(d)
Age Range: 8 - 11 Years

About the Author

The work of American illustrator and author Howard Pyle (1853–1911) has appeared in more than 3,500 publications, and in his lifetime, he became one of the country's most famous illustrators. On his death in 1911, the New York Times called Pyle "the father of American magazine illustration as it is known to-day." He is best known for his 1883 novel, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.

Table of Contents

Preface: From the Author to the Reader3
Prologue5
Part 15
1Robin Hood and the Tinker19
2The Shooting-Match at Nottingham Town31
3Will Stutely Rescued by His Good Companions42
Part 253
1Robin Hood Turns Butcher55
2Little John Goes to the Fair at Nottingham Town67
3How Little John Lived at the Sheriff's House74
Part 387
1Little John and the Tanner of Blyth89
2Robin Hood and Will Scarlet99
3The Merry Adventure with Midge the Miller109
Part 4125
1Robin Hood and Allan a Dale127
2Robin Seeketh the Curtal Friar of the Fountain142
3Robin Hood Compasseth the Marriage of Two True Lovers158
Part 5171
1Robin Hood Aideth a Sorrowful Knight173
2How Sir Richard of the Lea Paid His Debts to Emmet189
Part 6205
1Little John Turns Barefoot Friar207
2Robin Hood Turns Beggar222
Part 7241
1Robin and Three of His Merry Men Shoot Before Queen Eleanor in Finsbury Fields243
2The Chase of Robin Hood262
Part 8281
1Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne283
2King Richard Cometh to Sherwood Forest300
Epilogue319
Questions, Questions, Questions329
About the Author333
About the Illustrator335

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