Robin Hood And The Men Of Greenwood

Author : Marion Florence Lansing
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332540150
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Life in the Greenwood, Robin Hood Tales (Classic Reprint) written by Marion Florence Lansing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life in the Greenwood, Robin Hood Tales The "open road" of literature has brought us into the greenwood where we meet the merry men of Robin Hood's band and other picturesque outlaws. The spell of the greenwood falls upon us as it has upon English people since Robin Hood ballads became current in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. As the conditions of modem life grow more complex the charm of the free, out-of-door life in the forest becomes more rather than less. To portray this life and to show what a spell it cast over every one who came in contact with it, from king and knight to humblest yeoman, has been the aim of the present book. An immense amount of Robin Hood and other literature has come down to us in the form of ballads in more or less archaic English, from which the tales must be selected and retold for children of to-day. From the many adventures of Robin and his band those have been chosen which best picture the greenwood life, - how it grew up, what qualities it developed in those who loved it, and what a merry, carefree, fascinating life it was. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.