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chronic daydreamers everywhere. Tonight by listener request we'll be reading the opening to the 1883 novel by American illustrator

and writer Howard Pyle, Robin Hood.

Consisting of a series of episodes

in the story of the English outlaw Robin Hood

and his band of Mary Men, the novel

helped solidify the image of a heroic Robin Hood,

which had begun in earlier works

such as Walter Scott's 1819 novel Ivanhoe. Let's get cozy.

close your eyes.

relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

Preface from the author to the reader.

You who so applaud amid serious things

that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of fancy.

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