Noble robber. Robin Hood Stories

This book of the series “Eternal Heroes of World Literature” is devoted to Robin Gud, who occupies its special place in the pantheon of “Eternal images”. The name Robin Hood has long become a household; It is equally widely used both in a positive sense (a fighter for justice, the king of the outcasts) and in ironic-negative (a thunderstorm of wallets, a bandit from a high road). Robin Hood most often compare other literary characters of this series, who appeared from the pen of J. Byron, A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, A. Dumas, N. Kostomarov, Sh. Nodier, A. Pushkin, V. Scott, F. Shiller...

Judging by the number of works about Robin Hood and his literary followers (gangsters, daredevils, “godfathers”, “authorities” of all stripes), including stage, musical, picturesque, television and film versions, theme, theme The "noble robber" does not lose its relevance.

And yet who is he, this Robin Hood? The romantic hero who robbed the rich in order to help the poor, or the robber, idealized by subsequent generations in order to justify their own affairs and actions?

Decide for yourself, dear readers.