The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
The Merry Adventures of Robin HoodHoward Pyle

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1965)

Howard Pyle

Creators: Mixed

The classic collection of the tales of Robin Hood, the bow-wielding hero who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Howard Pyle has provided possibly the best and most complete rendering of this classic tale of the famous yeoman-thief of Sherwood Forest. Each chapter of this collection offers new and exciting stories, including the famous scenes of Little John and his staff besting Robin on the bridge, Robin winning the golden arrow at the Sheriff of Nottingham's archery contest, his complicity with courageous Will Scarlet and musical Alan-a-Dale, the continual outsmarting of the Sheriff, and many others. Robin Hood continues to stand as an exemplary model of fair play, generosity, and compassion.

ISBN:
9781434103468
Length:
356 pages

Genres: classics

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Mixed

So while I do think this retained a lot of the adventure aspects of it that I was expecting in a lot of times the story was pretty exciting in that regard I couldn't help but feel a little bit underwhelmed with some of it if you're going to give this a read do it because it is really interesting but at the same time I'm like you can get away with just watching some of the adaptations they have a lot of the more exciting things happen and they have made Marion

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