The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, credited to Howard Pyle, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle. A children's classic! Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the mediæval era who, in modern versions of the legend, is famous for robbing the rich to feed the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny. He operates with his "seven score" (140 strong) group of fellow outlawed yeomen – named the Merry Men. He and his band are usually associated with Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. The Victorian era generated its own distinct versions of Robin Hood. The traditional tales were often adapted for children, most notably in Howard Pyle's Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. These versions firmly stamp Robin as a staunch philanthropist, a man who takes from the rich to give to the poor. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
• Author credits: Howard Pyle
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 11:00:49

Catalogue topics

• children
• pyle
• adventure
• england
• robin hood

Track guide

1. 01 - How Robin Hood Came to be an Outlaw — 27:35
2. 02 - Robin Hood and the Tinker — 28:48
3. 03 - The Shooting Match at Nottingham Town — 31:55
4. 04 - Will Stutely Rescued by His Companions — 25:54
5. 05 - Robin Hood Turns Butcher — 22:43
6. 06 - Little John Goes to Nottingham Fair — 18:48
7. 07 - How Little John Lived at the Sheriff's — 23:56
8. 08 - Little John and the Tanner of Blyth — 19:35
9. 09 - Robin Hood and Will Scarlet — 25:33
10. 10 - The Adventure with Midge the Miller's Son — 32:13
11. 11 - Robin Hood and Allan a Dale — 32:31
12. 12 - Robin Hood Seeks the Curtal Friar — 28:25
13. 13 - Robin Hood Compasses a Marriage — 23:28
14. 14 - Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight — 35:57
15. 15 - How Sir Richard of the Lea Paid His Debts — 31:01
16. 16 - Little John Turns Barefoot Friar — 30:03
17. 17 - Robin Hood Turns Beggar — 36:51
18. 18 - Robin Shoots Before Queen Eleanor — 47:10
19. 19 - The Chase of Robin Hood — 46:32
20. 20 - Robin Hood and Guy of Guisborne — 36:01
21. 21 - King Richard Comes to Sherwood Forest — 34:32
22. 22 - Epilogue — 21:30

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