Merry Adventures Of Robin Hood

So alluring is the language that a chapter is enough to carry you into the past. You will want to read it again and again. There is adventure and humour and the best of English prose.

But you can go for it Story is great.

This tale deals with Moppet, Tom Kitten's sister, and it is a simple but endearing story for little children about the tricks a brazen mouse gets up to. Unwisely, he finds himself in a precarious situation, but before the story ends, all is made good. 'The Story of Miss Moppet' was first published as a panorama fold-out for the Christmas of 1906. However, that format resulted unpopular with bookstores due to its unwieldiness. It would later be published as a regular book to the delight of fans.

At first it was very difficult to read,but by searching some words from Google it became more clearer and now I have completed it and it contains best journeys of Robin and little jon

The quality of the pages are not good at all. Expected way better than this.

Amazing

Book is unabridged and in intentional archaic language so children won’t understand. I had to read and explain to my 11 year old kid.

Happy beyond imagination for having received such an amazing book worth its price. It's just what I had been hunting for since ages- the language, the illustrations that lure me into that time and mood that cut me off from the boring, normal routine. Everytime I open this book on any random page, my heart just pounces with the complete sense of belongingness the literature its filled with. Literature-lovers can straight away "chew" it (-and yes, I mean it), swim through it and be lost for a long, long time in it. Worth a try!

It is a good book for a collector. beautiful illustrations. An all-time classic. Emotional.

O livro é realmente lindo. Tenho alguns outros exemplares encadernados em couro da própria Barnes & Noble e também da Canterbury Classics e esse é de longe o mais bonito e bem acabado. O couro da capa em tom verde contrasta muito bem com a pintura em verde escuro, creme e cobre metalizado. A lateral externa das páginas também é metalizada em cobre. No interior, temos as belíssimas ilustrações de Howard Pyle, todas em cores, assim como detalhes e pequenos resumos nos lados das páginas. O inglês usado é arcaico e pode deixar a leitura um pouco lenta no início, mas com o tempo as palavras vão se repetindo e você pega o ritmo. Uma excelente aquisição ou opção de presente para colecionadores e fãs das histórias de Robin Hood.

Very well written. Very good story.

The Howard Pyle version of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood seemed to be the version with the most editions available, so I figured that would be a good starting place for Robin Hood stories. Silly me once again forgot that I had already purchased the Audible version of the book (the Audible version is not free, but I think I got it as a daily deal or something) and got the Kindle version too. Since the Kindle version is a cheap edition of a really old book, I did not particularly expect the Kindle and audiobooks to sync up, but they actually did pretty well together. John Lee does a great job with the narration, voicing everybody from the evil Guy of Gisbourne to the shifty Sheriff of Nottingham with fine distinction. He even sings all the many songs in the book in character very well. According to the section in the Kindle book about the author (this part was not in the audiobook version) Howard Pyle based his version of the Robin Hood stories on a 1795 collection of ballads, so nearly every tale, especially in the first part of the book, has a merry song or two in it. Apparently, there is no original manuscript to base a rendition of the Robin Hood stories on so this collection of ballads may be as close to an original source as we are likely to get. In consequence, while the language of these stories has a suitably Medieval cast to it, it is nevertheless reasonably easy to understand. It’s not like trying to read Middle English or anything. And yet, the stories are set in a time when Middle English would not have been so far off the mark. This collection actually focuses on a time period somewhat earlier than the more recent popular renditions of Robin Hood in the movies. Throughout most of the book, the King is King Henry II. In fact, Henry and his Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, appear in a couple of the stories. Queen Eleanor sponsors Robin Hood and some of his men in a tournament, and King Henry, upset that they have beaten some of his favorites, hunts them all over the north of England. This must have been during the time Henry and Eleanor weren’t getting along so well. There were many stories in this book that I had not heard before, or barely heard references to somewhere. And a lot of the stories found in recent renditions of Robin Hood are not there. For instance, Maid Marian is mentioned about three times as the girl Robin Hood loves best, but her story is not told at all. Instead, we have the story of Allan A Dale and his true love, Ellen, and how Robin Hood saved fair Ellen from marrying an old knight so that she could marry the minstrel instead. Guy of Gisbourne is not a knight but another outlaw with an evil reputation whom the Sheriff of Nottingham has hired to kill Robin Hood. And it is King Richard who, after his father’s death and his own accession to the throne, finally catches Robin Hood – and takes him into his personal service.

There isn't much to say apart from it is an absolutely perfect book. Maybe I'm biased (being a gigantic book nerd and long term Barnes and Noble lover), but this is probably one of the most beautiful books I own. When it swiftly arrived, I couldn't stop admiring it in all its magnificence. As sad as it may be, I sat in awe for a good long while. The fine attention to detail, beautiful illustrations, good layout, decent font sizes (Which is important for those like me, who struggle with small fonts), wonderful subtext descriptions, golden shimmery edging and will certainly bring joy to the reader without taking from the whimsical tale of great Robin the Hood. Perfect for any age, I'd say, children and adults alike who are wanting to dive into his world, whether for the first time or a revisit. Delivery was prompt and secure, arrived without a mark on it. An all round, happy and contented book lover who will cherish this book like gollum and his precious.