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Pyle's book continued the 19th-century trend of portraying Robin Hood as a heroic outlaw who robs the rich to feed the poor; this portrayal contrasts with the Robin Hood of the ballads, where the protagonist is an out-and-out crook, whose crimes are motivated by personal gain rather than politics or a desire to help others. [1]
Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator, painter, and author, primarily of books for young people.He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Novels by Howard Pyle" ... The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood; O. Otto of the Silver Hand; S.
Howard Pyle retold this story in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood with the hero as Little John; he used trickery to get the three young men away, and his bow broke, resulting in his own capture. [3] Robin Hood, having just killed Guy of Gisbourne, disguises himself as Guy to carry out the rescue.
The first clear reference to "rhymes of Robin Hood" is from the alliterative poem Piers Plowman, thought to have been composed in the 1370s, followed shortly afterwards by a quotation of a later common proverb, [5] "many men speak of Robin Hood and never shot his bow", [6] in Friar Daw's Reply (c. 1402) [7] and a complaint in Dives and Pauper ...
This is the name likewise used by Maude Radford Warren in her 1914 collection Robin Hood and His Merry Men where he also serves as a self-appointed guardian of the peace. [24] Henry Gilbert in Robin Hood (1912) calls him Sim of Wakefield. [25] The Scotchman – A Scot who Robin met while on a journey north. He offered to serve Robin who refused ...
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood: B224-13 Deborah Kestel 1883 Howard Pyle: The Mutiny on Board HMS Bounty: C224-19 1932 Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall: Originally The Mutiny on the Bounty: A Tale of Two Cities: D224-26 1983 Marian Leighton 1859 Charles Dickens Swiss Family Robinson: B224-11 Eliza Gatewood Warren 1812 Johann David Wyss