Twin brothers separated at birth — one raised at court, the other by a bear in the forest — reunite in chivalric adventure.
Books that mention Valentine and Orson (3)
Adam Bede by George Eliot: “Besides all this, he had read his Bible, including the apocryphal books; Poor Richard's Almanac, Taylor's Holy Living and Dying, The Pilgrim's Progress, with Bunyan's Life and Holy War, a great deal of Bailey's Dictionary, Valentine and Orson, and part of a History of Babylon, which Bartle Massey had lent him.”
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens: “Poor boy! And Valentine," said Scrooge, "and his wild brother, Orson; there they go!”
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton: “this is the original belike of that common tale of Valentine and Orson:”