The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

by Howard Pyle

Credits: Howard Pyle (author)

Summary

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. For his characters' dialog, Pyle adapted the late Middle English of the ballads into a dialect suitable for children.

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Chapters (22)

  1. 1. How Robin Hood Came to Be an Outlaw
  2. 2. Robin Hood and the Tinker
  3. 3. The Shooting Match at Nottingham Town
  4. 4. Will Stutely Rescued by His Companions
  5. 5. Robin Hood Turns Butcher
  6. 6. Little John Goes to Nottingham Fair
  7. 7. How Little John Lived at the Sheriff's
  8. 8. Little John and the Tanner of Blyth
  9. 9. Robin Hood and Will Scarlet
  10. 10. The Adventure with Midge the Miller's Son
  11. 11. Robin Hood and Allan a Dale
  12. 12. Robin Hood Seeks the Curtal Friar
  13. 13. Robin Hood Compasses a Marriage
  14. 14. Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight
  15. 15. How Sir Richard of the Lea Paid His Debts
  16. 16. Little John Turns Barefoot Friar
  17. 17. Robin Hood Turns Beggar
  18. 18. Robin Hood Shoots Before Queen Eleanor
  19. 19. The Chase of Robin Hood
  20. 20. Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne
  21. 21. King Richard Comes to Sherwood Forest
  22. 22. Epilogue

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