Still this is a book that Robin Hood fans should read. Most of the stories involved either a prank, a quarterstaff duel, or an archery contest, with the various results being the Sheriff of Nottingham or some other rich snob being tricked or a new member added to Robin’s merry men. I often thought of the Wiley Coyote/Roadrunner cartoons. Robin Hood and his Merry Men are largely shown as a boisterous, joyful group, but they are also deeply compassionate. Most of these tales are stand alone, though they do build consecutively to the story line. Don’t expect this to be a retelling of the popular legend. Similarly, I was surprised that Richard the Lionheart only comes in to the story at the end, and the whole malevolent Prince John angle only comes in as an afterthought in the postscript. I was also surprised at the small parts that Guy of Gisbourne played. I kept waiting for the Maid Marion tale, but it never came. Her name was mentioned in passing twice as a woman Robin fancied, but nothing more than that. I found it interesting that Maid Marion had no part in the plot. I was expecting the Shakespearean English to be difficult to adjust to, but it really wasn’t- though that might be due to my listening to this as an audiobook.
Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Merry. This book certainly influenced the classic 1938 “Adventures of Robin Hood” film. Kp Quicklet on Howard Pyles The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Illustrated) (CliffNotes-like Summary) av Sourya Biswas. A summary of Part Fourth in Howard Pyles The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. Robin Hood begins his run from the law at age 18, after accidentally killing a forester in an argument, and becomes the leader of a band of outlaws. This book is a late nineteenth century compilation of Robin Hood tales set into a kind of Shakespearean English intended, no doubt, to give it a Middle Ages sound.
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