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  1. Tarzan of the Apes. Dust-jacket illustration of Tarzan of the Apes. Tarzan of the Apes is a 1912 novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the first in the Tarzan series. The story was first printed in the pulp magazine The All-Story in October 1912 before being released as a novel in June 1914.

    • Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • 1914
  2. Tarzan feels alienated from the other apes due to his physical differences. It is in this section that Rice Burroughs really grabs grabs the reader and sucks them into Tarzan's world. Tarzan of the Apes is written simply, obviously for a youth audience, but it is engaging enough for an adult audience. If it lacks the depth and nuance of great ...

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  3. Aug 1, 1993 · Tarzan of the Apes Credits: Judith Boss. HTML version by Al Haines. Language: English: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: Tarzan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Subject: Africa -- Fiction Subject: Fantasy fiction Subject: Adventure stories Subject: British -- Africa -- Fiction Subject: Wild men ...

    • Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    • English
    • Judith Boss. HTML version by Al Haines.
    • Tarzan of the Apes
    • Out to Sea. I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.
    • The Savage Home. Nor did they have long to wait, for the next morning as Clayton was emerging on deck for his accustomed walk before breakfast, a shot rang out, and then another, and another.
    • Life and Death. Morning found them but little, if at all refreshed, though it was with a feeling of intense relief that they saw the day dawn.
    • The Apes. In the forest of the table-land a mile back from the ocean old Kerchak the Ape was on a rampage of rage among his people. The younger and lighter members of his tribe scampered to the higher branches of the great trees to escape his wrath; risking their lives upon branches that scarce supported their weight rather than face old Kerchak in one of his fits of uncontrolled anger.
  4. 1912. Orphaned as a babe in the African jungle, tiny John Clayton, the only child of the Lord and Lady Greystoke, is rescued by a tribe of great apes. The child, now named “Tarzan,” grows to manhood in this savage world among the fierce anthropoids. Aided by his keen knife and innate intelligence, Tarzan ascends to become king of the apes ...

  5. About Tarzan of the Apes. The classic novel of a boy rasied by Apes in the African jungle, now the basis for a major motion picture, The Legend of Tarzan, starring Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Djimon Hounsou Originally published in 1914, Burroughs’s Tarzan, the ideal image of pure animalistic power at odds with ...

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  7. About Tarzan of the Apes. Experience the legend of Tarzan in this thrilling adventure from Edgar Rice Burroughs. Set amid the vibrant colors and sounds of the African jungle, this classic work, rich in suspense and action, has beckoned generations of readers on a glorious journey to romance and pure adventure.

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