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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Howard Pyle (1853–1911)

22 chapters and parts · about 9 hours to read

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What the book is about

"The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" by Howard Pyle is a novel published in 1883. This retelling transforms traditional Robin Hood ballads into a unified adventure story for young readers. Follow Robin Hood as he becomes an outlaw, recruits his Merry Men through legendary encounters, and battles corrupt authorities in Sherwood Forest. Pyle reimagined Robin as a noble hero who robs the rich to help the poor, creating an enduring version of the legend that influenced countless adaptations and established the Robin Hood story as beloved children's literature.

This summary comes from the Project Gutenberg catalogue, where it was written automatically.

  • Folklore -- England
  • Robin Hood (Legendary character) -- Legends

Chapters

  1. From the Author to the Readerabout 3 minutes
  2. Prologueabout 30 minutes
  3. "By Woods and Groves Full Fair—"Part 1 of 4about 26 minutes
  4. "By Woods and Groves Full Fair—"Part 2 of 4about 25 minutes
  5. "By Woods and Groves Full Fair—"Part 3 of 4about 25 minutes
  6. "By Woods and Groves Full Fair—"Part 4 of 4about 24 minutes
  7. The Song of the Deserted Shepherdessabout 1 minute
  8. The Good Knight and His LovePart 1 of 2about 26 minutes
  9. The Good Knight and His LovePart 2 of 2about 26 minutes
  10. The Wooing of Sir Keithabout 35 minutes
  11. May Ellen's Weddingabout 13 minutes
  12. The Loving Youth and the Scornful MaidPart 1 of 11about 29 minutes
  13. The Loving Youth and the Scornful MaidPart 2 of 11about 29 minutes
  14. The Loving Youth and the Scornful MaidPart 3 of 11about 29 minutes
  15. The Loving Youth and the Scornful MaidPart 4 of 11about 29 minutes
  16. The Loving Youth and the Scornful MaidPart 5 of 11about 29 minutes
  17. The Loving Youth and the Scornful MaidPart 6 of 11about 29 minutes
  18. The Loving Youth and the Scornful MaidPart 7 of 11about 30 minutes
  19. The Loving Youth and the Scornful MaidPart 8 of 11about 29 minutes
  20. The Loving Youth and the Scornful MaidPart 9 of 11about 29 minutes
  21. The Loving Youth and the Scornful MaidPart 10 of 11about 29 minutes
  22. The Loving Youth and the Scornful MaidPart 11 of 11about 27 minutes

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #10148, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.

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