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Tarzan of the Apes 1.0
Tarzan of the Apes is a novel writtenbyEdgarRice Burroughs, the first in a series of books aboutthetitlecharacter Tarzan. It was first published in thepulpmagazineAll-Story Magazine in October, 1912; the first bookeditionwaspublished in 1914. The character was so popularthatBurroughscontinued the series into the 1940s with twodozensequels.The novel tells the story of John Clayton, born inthewesterncoastal jungles of equatorial Africa to a maroonedcouplefromEngland, John and Alice (Rutherford) Clayton, LordandLadyGreystoke. Adopted as an infant by the she-ape Kalaafterhisparents died (his father is killed by the savage kingapeKerchak),Clayton is named "Tarzan" ("White Skin" in theapelanguage) andraised in ignorance of his human heritage.Feeling alienated from his peers due totheirphysicaldifferences, he discovers his true parents' cabin,where hefirstlearns of others like himself in their books, withwhichheeventually teaches himself to read.On his return from one visit to the cabin, he is attackedbyahuge gorilla which he manages to kill with hisfather'sknife,although he is terribly wounded in the struggle. Ashe growsup,Tarzan becomes a skilled hunter, gradually arousing thejealousyofKerchak, the ape leader.Later, a tribe of black Africans settles in the area, andKalaiskilled by one of its hunters. Avenging himself on thekiller,Tarzanbegins an antagonistic relationship with the tribe,raidingitsvillage for weapons and practicing cruel pranks on them.They,inturn, regard him as an evil spirit and attempt toplacatehim.The twelve short stories Burroughs wrote later andcollectedasJungle Tales of Tarzan occur in the periodimmediatelyfollowingthe arrival of the natives, the killing ofKala, andTarzan'svengeance.Finally Tarzan has amassed so much credit among the apesofthetribe that the envious Kerchak at last attacks him. Intheensuingbattle Tarzan kills Kerchak and takes his place as "king"oftheapes.Subsequently, a new party of whites is marooned onthecoast,including Jane Porter, the first white woman Tarzan haseverseen.Tarzan's cousin, William Cecil Clayton, unwitting usurperoftheape man's ancestral English estate, is also among theparty.Tarzanspies on the newcomers, aids them, and saves Jane fromtheperilsof the jungle. Absent when they are rescued, heisintroducedfurther into the mysteries of civilization byFrenchNaval OfficerPaul D'Arnot, whom he saves from the natives.D'ArnotteachesTarzan French and how to behave among white men, aswell asservingas his guide to the nearest colonial outposts.Ultimately, Tarzan travels to Jane's nativeBaltimore,Marylandonly to find that she is now in the woods ofWisconsin.Tarzanfinally meets Jane in Wisconsin where they renewtheiracquaintanceand he learns the bitter news that she hasbecomeengaged toWilliam Clayton. Meanwhile, clues from his parents'cabinhaveenabled D'Arnot to prove Tarzan's true identity.Insteadofclaiming his inheritance, Tarzan chooses rather toconcealandrenounce his heritage for the sake of Jane'shappiness.--------------------------THIS BOOK IS CREATED BY APPMK (http://www.appmk.com)
The Return of Tarzan 1.0
The Return of Tarzan is a novel writtenbyEdgar Rice Burroughs, the second in his series of books aboutthetitle character Tarzan.The novel picks up where Tarzan of the Apes left off. Theapeman, feeling rootless in the wake of his noble sacrifice ofhisprospects of wedding Jane Porter, leaves America for Europetovisit his friend Paul d'Arnot. On the ship he becomes embroiledinthe affairs of Countess Olga de Coude, her husband, Count RaouldeCoude, and two shady characters attempting to prey on them,NikolasRokoff and his henchman Alexis Paulvitch. Rokoff, it turnsout, isalso the countess's brother. Tarzan thwarts the villains'scheme,making them his deadly enemies. Later, in France, Rockofftriestime and again to eliminate the ape man, finally engineering aduelbetween him and the count by making it appear that he isthecountess's lover. Tarzan deliberately refuses to defend himselfinthe duel, even offering the count his own weapon after thelatterfails to kill him with his own, a grand gesture thatconvinces hisantagonist of his innocence. In return, Count Raoulfinds him a jobas a special agent in Algeria for the ministry ofwar. A sequenceof adventures among the local Arabs ensues,including another brushwith Rokoff. Afterwords, Tarzan sails forCape Town and strikes upa shipboard acquaintance with Hazel Strong,a friend of Jane's. ButRokoff and Paulovitch are also aboard, andmanage to ambush him andthrow him overboard.Miraculously, Tarzan manages to swim to shore, and findshimselfin the coastal jungle where he was brought up by the apes.He soonrescues and befriends a native warrior, Busuli of theWaziri, andis adopted into the Waziri tribe. After defeating a raidon theirvillage by ivory raiders he becomes their chief. The Waziriknow ofa lost city deep in the jungle, from which they haveobtained theirgolden ornaments. Tarzan has them take him there, butis capturedby its inhabitants, a race of beast-like men, andcondemned to besacrificed to their sun god. To his surprise, thepriestess toperform the sacrifice is a beautiful woman, who speaksthe apelanguage he learned as a child. She tells him she is La,highpriestess of the lost city of Opar. When the ceremonyisfortuitously interrupted, she hides him and promises to lead himtofreedom. But the ape man escapes on his own, locates thetreasurechamber, and manages to rejoin the Waziri.Meanwhile, Hazel Strong has reached Cape Town, wheresheencounters Jane, and her father Professor Porter, togetherwithJane's fiancé, Tarzan's cousin William Cecil Clayton. They areallinvited on a cruise up the west coast of Africa aboard theLadyAlice, the yacht of Lord Tennington, another friend. Rokoff,nowusing the alias of M. Thuran, ingratiates himself with thepartyand is also invited along. The Lady Alice breaks down andsinks,forcing the passengers and crew into the lifeboats. Theonecontaining Jane, Clayton and "Thuran" is separated from theothersand suffers terrible privations. Coincidentally, the boatfinallymakes shore in the same general area that Tarzan did. Thethreeconstruct a rude shelter and eke out an existence ofnearstarvation for some weeks until Jane and Clayton are surprisedinthe forest by a lion. Clayton loses Jane's respect by coweringinfear before the beast instead of defending her. But they arenotattacked, and discover the lion dead, speared by an unknownhand.Their hidden savior is in fact Tarzan, who leaves withoutrevealinghimself.--------------------------THIS BOOK IS CREATED BY APPMK (http://www.appmk.com)
