Tarzan of the Apes
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (929 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140184643 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jackson, and Djimon Hounsou Originally published in 1914, Burroughs’s Tarzan, the ideal image of pure animalistic power at odds with the civilized world, appealed to readers from his very inception and become one of the most enduring icons of popular culture. In this classic tale, the struggle between the wild and the civilized is played out deep in the savage African jungle. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.. The infant Tarzan is raised by apes and grows into manhood, learning to survive as the animals survive. 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. When an expedition of white men brings the beautiful and cultured Jane Porter to the jungle, Tarzan enters civilization to win her love.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin
Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. His first novel, Tarzan of the Apes, was published in 1914, and along with its 22 sequels has sold over 30 million copies in 58 languages. After serving a short time in the 7th U.S. He died in 1950 at his ranch near Tarzana, the California town named for his
Five Stars Not your Me Tarzan you Jane . Surprised me how complex the character was .. Four Stars sentimental. A classic which only dims under later 20th century notions. The writing is largely crisp and no-nonsense, more interested in telling its tale than bogging down with "what it all means". It paints vivid pictures of the African jungle and what life would be like for a man who could survive it.The fact that it's "unrealistic" is
At Tarzan's heart rightly lies the resourceful and hunky title character, a man increasingly torn between the civil and the savage, for whom cutlery will never be less than a nightmare. The first in Burroughs's serial is most enjoyable in its resounding oddities of word and thought, including the unforgettable "When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled; and smiles are the foundation of beauty." . First published in 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs's romance has lost little of its force over the years--as film revivals and TV series well attest. The passages in which the nut-brown boy teaches himself to read and write are masterly and among the book's improbable, imaginative best. Tarzan of the Apes is very much a product of its age: replete with bloodthirsty natives and a bulky, swooning American Negress, and haunted by what zoo specialists now call charismatic megafauna (great beasts snarling, roaring, and stalking, most