"Maid Marian" by Thomas Love Peacock is a novella that re-imagines Robin Hood, with all the characters fans have grown to love, but this time from the Maid Marian's perspective. Written to be a satire of the traditional Regency romance themes, this book switches the typical character roles. In this case, in fact, Robin Hood is a man in distress who requires the strong will and fortitude of his heroine to survive and keep from squandering his life away.