Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan of the Apes
By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
This is the novel that introduced Tarzan, son of a British lord raised by the great ape Kala and able to communicate with many creatures of the jungle. When his African paradise is invaded by white men, Tarzan’s life changes, not only from their depredations, but from the presence of Jane, the first woman he has known and the one human he comes to love.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) published his first story, “Under the Moons of Mars,” in 1911, and his first Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes in 1912. Tarzan was his most successful creation, and he was the first to transfer the character to other media, including comic strips and movies. Burroughs was a very active writer: by the time of his death in 1950, he had written nearly 70 novels.