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The Adventures of Robin Hood
The story of the English folk hero and medieval outlaw Robin Hood who as legend would have it lived in the days of Richard the Lionheart and Prince John and, with his band of merry men, fought injustice and tyranny. This retelling of the stories, first published in 1956, has become an acknowledged classic: a literary mosaic in which Roger Lancelyn Green has brought togethe...more
Hardcover, 336 pages
Published
September 30th 2010
by Puffin
(first published 1956)
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It's mostly a just a collection of standalone short stories, which I wasn't too fond of as I would have preferred a single cohesive story. However, the stories are pretty entertaining, if a little repetitive.
The following is a list consisting of plot points and the probability that they appear in a chapter (each chapter is essentially a short story).
60% - An archery contest that Robin Hood wins.
60% - A friendly fight with quarterstaves that Robin Hood wins. One or both participants will finish...more
The following is a list consisting of plot points and the probability that they appear in a chapter (each chapter is essentially a short story).
60% - An archery contest that Robin Hood wins.
60% - A friendly fight with quarterstaves that Robin Hood wins. One or both participants will finish...more
Analysis: Robin Hood
Robin Hood is written by Roger Green and is a fiction novel about the tales of the legendary hero Robin Hood. The book uses the literary technique of character mostly. It focuses mainly on the life of Robin Hood and his merry men. The time period of the story is set back to the twelfth century during the renaissance.
The first time I ever heard of Robin Hood was from the Disney movie made about it. It was simply the child’s version and so I didn’t expect for there to be many...more
Robin Hood is written by Roger Green and is a fiction novel about the tales of the legendary hero Robin Hood. The book uses the literary technique of character mostly. It focuses mainly on the life of Robin Hood and his merry men. The time period of the story is set back to the twelfth century during the renaissance.
The first time I ever heard of Robin Hood was from the Disney movie made about it. It was simply the child’s version and so I didn’t expect for there to be many...more
Roger Lancelyn Green makes an interesting attempt at turning the disparate Robin Hood legends and traditions into one long narrative, threading in stories and sources as diverse as Anthony Munday and Sir Walter Scott, the medieval ballads and pageant plays, and the various other sources. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, with seeming contradictions popping up here and there with little to justify them, but on the whole it does tie you a greater sense of time passage and character develop...more
Jan 25, 2011
dthaase
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fiction,
read-to-the-kids
Pure adventure and a wonderful read with the boys. Green knows how to weave together action scenes and each tale causes the reader to lean in and be a part of the story.. There is a reason this is a classic tale. I highly recommend this book as well as Green's "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table". Here's one of my favorite quotes from this book as Robin first calls forth his merry men in Sherwood Forest:
"Now, my friends, we do not take from these and their kind to enrich ourselves. W...more
"Now, my friends, we do not take from these and their kind to enrich ourselves. W...more
Note: I wasn't able to italicize the words so instead I just put the title of the book in quotes.
"The Adventures of Robin Hood" is a fun, enjoyable, and exciting book for all readers. It's a classic so the story has been passed down from generations to generations. It shows the brilliance of how Robin Hood and his group of men steal from the rich and give to the poor while avoiding the Sheriff. It demonstrates pure courage to the fullest with a fun, humorous story! Right off the bat, a few negat...more
"The Adventures of Robin Hood" is a fun, enjoyable, and exciting book for all readers. It's a classic so the story has been passed down from generations to generations. It shows the brilliance of how Robin Hood and his group of men steal from the rich and give to the poor while avoiding the Sheriff. It demonstrates pure courage to the fullest with a fun, humorous story! Right off the bat, a few negat...more
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD. (1956; this ed. 2001). Collected and retold by Roger Lancelyn Green. ****.
When I think about it, I don’t remember reading any book about Robin Hood, unless it was a Classics Comic Book or a book for very young readers. In this edition, published by the Folio Society, Mr. Green has researched the legend and gathered them together in a very readable form, and compiled all of the adventures into a coherent story. All the bits and pieces that we know – I suspect from t...more
When I think about it, I don’t remember reading any book about Robin Hood, unless it was a Classics Comic Book or a book for very young readers. In this edition, published by the Folio Society, Mr. Green has researched the legend and gathered them together in a very readable form, and compiled all of the adventures into a coherent story. All the bits and pieces that we know – I suspect from t...more
May 22, 2012
Anders Petersen
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Robin Hood followers.
Shelves:
adventure
In a time of oppression, where the rich grows richer and the poor grows poorer, one man will challenge the corrupted prince and rebel in the name of God and justice.
The tale of Robin Hood is well known and there have been many variations.
However this book ties together a lot of the old fashion tales of Robin Hood. (and does one hell of a job at it)
The book takes us through the life of Robin Hood, from his birth to his death.
Meanwhile, we are thrown into his merry adventures and introduced to h...more
The tale of Robin Hood is well known and there have been many variations.
However this book ties together a lot of the old fashion tales of Robin Hood. (and does one hell of a job at it)
The book takes us through the life of Robin Hood, from his birth to his death.
Meanwhile, we are thrown into his merry adventures and introduced to h...more
The setting that this book takes is between the forest of Nottingham and Nottingham itself. It transfers from place to place every chapter. The main conflict is between of the formal "Prince" John, and the merciful Robin Hood. while some residents take place with Prince John, most people still beileve that King Richard (kidnapped by the enemy of england)may come back to nottingham.
Some events that happen are for example are the encouter with the Black Knight, the bishop: Friar Truck, and John Li...more
Some events that happen are for example are the encouter with the Black Knight, the bishop: Friar Truck, and John Li...more
I love the Robin Hood and I've seen pretty much all the movies, the TV show and read many of the stories, but this is the first time I've ever read The Adventures of Robin Hood all the way through and it was pretty cool. You can see where all of the other stories that are a part of popular Robin Hood myth came from and how they have changed over time.
I have to say that my favorite part of reading this book was that I hadn't realized before what a bad ass Maid Marian is. In all the movies she ten...more
I have to say that my favorite part of reading this book was that I hadn't realized before what a bad ass Maid Marian is. In all the movies she ten...more
"The Adventures of Robin Hood" is Green's attempt to gather and organize all the legends and myths of Robin Hood in one complete storyline. Of course the chapters are very episodic and fragmental as a consequence of the original material, but Green manages fairly good. There's a great sense of continuity present in this book.
The story itself is very repetitive, but the characters are fairly agreeable and well represented. Especially Lady Marian who turned out to be a lot more than the average "d...more
The story itself is very repetitive, but the characters are fairly agreeable and well represented. Especially Lady Marian who turned out to be a lot more than the average "d...more
The dialogue is extremely stiff and formal, and the story, while it does a good job of putting the various myths in a coherent package, is too focused on making sure that Robin is a perfect '50s-style pious and patriotic (to the true King, naturally) man, while at the same time emphasizing his noble background. Too moralistic for my taste, in other words.
The story also perpetuates the Good King Richard, evil John story, which I won't fault it for (since its a part of the myth, however unfounded)...more
The story also perpetuates the Good King Richard, evil John story, which I won't fault it for (since its a part of the myth, however unfounded)...more
Okay, yes this was for kiddies, but it was highly entertaining and an easy read for the poor busy senior who had to finish a book in 24 hours. Each chapter was like a mini story, the first few set up how robin was born and how he got his outlaw band set up. The next few were introducing new characters such as friar tuck and little John and allin-a-dale. The next few chapters were individual adventures such as when Robin goes to an archery contest to win a silver arrow.
This was a well written bo...more
This was a well written bo...more
I honestly went into this book expecting not to like it. You see, I'm obsessed with BBC's TV series Robin Hood, so I expected that I wouldn't like the "real" (or as close to it as one can get) version. But I was pleasantly surprised. I could actually merge the two versions in my mind quite well.
It was quite well written, taken, as much as possible, from old ballads and plays about Robin Hood, I really liked it. Green truly picked the best versions of all the different stories, and I loved how th...more
It was quite well written, taken, as much as possible, from old ballads and plays about Robin Hood, I really liked it. Green truly picked the best versions of all the different stories, and I loved how th...more
This version of Robin Hood is all about the action. A pure adventure story about all the myths and legends surrounding the merry men of Sherwood Forest. Perfect read for boys who wants a story with fighting, hiding, escaping, disguising, shooting, feasting and hurraying.
I don't know. In the middle of this reading I got tired of all the running to and from the forest. They kill, cheer and move on. I wanted a little more depth to the character's - they never really came alive to me - not more tha...more
I don't know. In the middle of this reading I got tired of all the running to and from the forest. They kill, cheer and move on. I wanted a little more depth to the character's - they never really came alive to me - not more tha...more
I've read several versions of the classic Robin Hood story - at least four not including this one, and maybe one or two more. I've loved Robin Hood since I was about six or seven years old and watched the Disney, and honestly I've never come across a version that I disliked. No matter what they do to Robin, he always seems to come out of it okay in my eyes.
Maybe this is obsession, maybe not. Either way, through all my love for the legend that is Robin Hood, this version of it is by far my favori...more
Maybe this is obsession, maybe not. Either way, through all my love for the legend that is Robin Hood, this version of it is by far my favori...more
Just a Few Reasons Why This Book is So Fantastic:
1. Roger Lancelyn Green is so good at bringing the old legend's to life and making them so much fun to read. I felt the same way about his King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. There are so many old stories and so much information about Robin Hood out there, and somehow the author perfectly fits it all into this easy-to-read book.
2. Robin Hood is beyond awesome. Okay, so he's an outlaw who's always looking for trouble and sneakily cheat...more
Oct 24, 2008
Amy
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2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Everyone-I guess you should read it once
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This was a fun book to read. When young I had records with dramatizations of the Robin Hood stories and later read Howard Pyles' version, so a number of these stories were familiar to me. Green presents them in somewhat chronological order but the individual stories are only loosely connected. I don't recall that my earlier reading told of Robin's death and that of Will Scarlet, so I found this version a bit darker, but that may just be a matter of memory.
A great collection of Robin Hood folktales. Originally collected in the 1950's by R.L. Green, the various stories tend to flow well together. I particularly like the political flavor added by the references to the Norman/Saxon tensions during the time. The very much like the way the collection ends in a not so happily ever after sense. I would very much like to see a collection of the primary sources that are used as openers in each of the chapters.
As the title suggests this book is full of adventures, each short chapter a standalone adventure, but with some references to earlier adventures each time. Most of the time it is either robin hood taking part in an archery competition, or getting bored and going into the forest to pick a friendly fight with the first person he can find then to invite him to dinner. We meet all the merry men one by one, and a mysterious black knight (it is too obvious who it is that it isn't much of a reveal). Wa...more
It seems that Green gathered various early writings about the legend of Robin Hood and transformed them in to this book. The writing is rather old-fashioned, and I found it a little stilted and difficult to read.
Most of the stories were pretty interesting. One thing that was interesting is that Maid Marian is actually a very strong character! She was great with an arrow and almost beats Robin Hood in combat!
Most of the stories were pretty interesting. One thing that was interesting is that Maid Marian is actually a very strong character! She was great with an arrow and almost beats Robin Hood in combat!
Het verhaal van Robin Hood wordt al sinds eeuwen verteld en doorgegeven maar dit boek vat alles wel zo mooi samen. Het is en blijft een prachtig verhaal, dat jong en oud kan aanspreken door de spannende avonturen, de goede waarden die benadrukt worden, de slechteriken die uiteindelijk altijd verliezen, het roerende einde en het pure van de liefde tussen Robin en zijn Marian.
What a wonderful book. I, of course, was familiar with some parts of the story, but I'm sorry it took me so long to read the actual book, as it was great. I also love how Maid Marian doesn't just wait around for some man to rescue her, but is just as strong and brave as her love-interest. I only wish there were more adventures to read about- I will miss Robin Hood and his merry men.
My favorite of the classics that I've read over the past few months. It surprised me how violent and adult-like it was at times, but you can't read this book and not feel like a kid that's ready to wreak havoc all across your back yard. I can't believe I waited this long to read the original story of one of my favorite characters ever. Tons of fun to read.
Feb 21, 2010
Shannon
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
everyone
Shelves:
great-books
I grew up on Mel Brooks' Robin Hood- Men in Tights, and the Disney Robin Hood. It is needless to say that these two movies are vastly different from the book. The book is a series of small battles and tales of Robin Hood, Maid Marian, and their merry men.
This was an absolute brilliant book, easy to read and understand and full of adventure. It is written very simply, yet is full of excitement and twists and turns to keep everyone interested.
LONG LIVE ROBIN HOOD!
This was an absolute brilliant book, easy to read and understand and full of adventure. It is written very simply, yet is full of excitement and twists and turns to keep everyone interested.
LONG LIVE ROBIN HOOD!
Bought it to read to the boys. The 6yo didn't like it. Then the 9yo took it. Then he gave up for something he really wanted to read. So I read it. A quick read, and totally worth it. The chapters are more like short stories, and each is introduced by a literary excerpt (from traditional ballads through Tennyson) about Robin Hood.
I read this book over and over as a child. I only remember snatches of it now, and maybe I wouldn't like the writing, or the story if I read it again, but I feel so fondly towards the book because of all the pleasure it gave me back then.
I loved it. A couple of times it gave me nightmares. The parts about the wars. And otherwise I loved it. I really would like to read it again when I'm older to see the different perspectives of it. Maybe you will read it, too.
This book was horribly paced and generally terrible. It was thoughtless about consequences to the characters actions. Ultimately, the ending was frustrating and disappointing. Robin Hood deserves more respect.
Oh, I love this book. It tells of all the (many) adventures of Robin Hood and his merry men. Full of surprises and lovable characters, this is a book I would HIGHLY recommend to any adventure lover.
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Roger (Gilbert) Lancelyn Green was a British biographer and children's writer. He was an Oxford academic who formed part of the Inklings literary discussion group along with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Born in 1918 in Norwich, England, Green studied under C. S. Lewis at Merton College, Oxford, where he obtained a B.Litt. degree. He delivered the 1968 Andrew Lang lecture. Green lived in Cheshire...more
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“Underneath this little stone
Lies Robert Earl of Huntington;
No other archer was so good -
And people called him Robin Hood.
Such outlaws as he and his men
Will England never see again.”
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Lies Robert Earl of Huntington;
No other archer was so good -
And people called him Robin Hood.
Such outlaws as he and his men
Will England never see again.”
