Among them is the girls former nurse, Agnes, whose commonsense and prowess at healing has earned her the mantle of Forestwife-the wise woman people come to when they are in dire need. Urn:lcp:forestwife00toml:epub:965336f3-06b4-485d-a119-db7ff22fa1fd Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier forestwife00toml Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1tf3tk0p Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780531094501Ġ531094502 Lccn 94033007 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL1107727M Openlibrary_edition Rather than marry an elderly widower who stinks of ale, 15-year-old Marian runs away to join the forest folk, who live by their own rules.
(Apr.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:59:12 Boxid IA1153510 City New York Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st American ed. Unfortunately, the tale never quite takes off the spark of storytelling is overwhelmed by a heavy-handed and somewhat self-righteous social agenda. She also finds the time to carry on a troubled romance with Robert of Loxley (who turns out to be old Agnes's son) and to make a none-too-startling discovery about her own parentage as well. Almost immediately, once-sheltered Marian becomes a sort of feminist guerilla leader, enlisting an ever-growing band of (mostly female) friends to fight injustice.
The book teems with wholesomely rough-hewn details in the style of Brian Jacques's Redwall series: the inherited girdle of the Forestwife, for example, is ``rich with the forest dyes of madder, blackberry, sorrel, and marigold.'' Also included are less photogenically folksy period particulars, such as the use of ``scold's bridles'' to muzzle outspoken women. As it happens, the old Forestwife-a skilled healer with vague connections to pre-Christian traditions-has recently died and Agnes takes on her job, with Mary (renamed Marian) as her assistant. On the run from an arranged marriage, Mary de Holt is lead by her devoted nurse Agnes to the isolated cottage of the dreaded Forestwife. Readers who wish to see Maid Marian as more than a glorified moll to the Merry Men will find much to relish in this ambitious, albeit flawed reworking of the Robin Hood legends.
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