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Penguin Children's 60s: Robin Hood and His Merry Men

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This short little book contains four of the tales from Green's original collection: How Little John Came to the GreenwoodHow Sir Richard of Legh Paid the AbbotMaid Marian of Sherwood ForestThe Coming of Friar TuckThe 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 together material from the old ballads, romances and plays, as well as retellings of Noyes, Tennyson, Peacock and Scott. “For Robin Hood’s is a story that can never die,” he wrote, “nor cease to fire the imagination. Like the old fairy tales it must be told and told again — for like them it is touched with enchantment...”

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Penguin Children's 60s: Robin Hood and His Merry Men, Roger Lancelyn Green

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Année de publication
1996
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Titre
Penguin Children's 60s: Robin Hood and His Merry Men
Langue
Anglais
Éditeur
Penguin
Publié
1996
Format
souple
Pages
64
ISBN10
0146003403
ISBN13
9780146003400
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This short little book contains four of the tales from Green's original collection: How Little John Came to the GreenwoodHow Sir Richard of Legh Paid the AbbotMaid Marian of Sherwood ForestThe Coming of Friar TuckThe 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 together material from the old ballads, romances and plays, as well as retellings of Noyes, Tennyson, Peacock and Scott. “For Robin Hood’s is a story that can never die,” he wrote, “nor cease to fire the imagination. Like the old fairy tales it must be told and told again — for like them it is touched with enchantment...”