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Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan (who appeared in a series of twenty-four books by him) and John Carter (who was a recurring character in a series of eleven ...
Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in 23 sequels, several books by Burroughs and other authors, and innumerable works in other media, both authorized and unauthorized.
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Tarzan of the Apes
John and Alice (Rutherford) Clayton, Lord and Lady Greystoke of England, are marooned in the western coastal jungles of equatorial Africa in 1888. After an unstated amount of time later, their son John Clayton II is born. At the age of one, his mother dies and soon thereafter his father is killed by the savage king ape, Kerchak. The infant Clayton, subsequently adopted by the she-ape Kala, is named Tarzan ('White Skin' in the ape language) and is raised in ignorance of his human heritage. As...
The Return of Tarzan
The Return of Tarzan picks up soon after the point at which Tarzan of the Apes concludes. The ape man, feeling rootless in the wake of his noble sacrifice of his prospects of wedding Jane Porter, leaves America for Europe to visit his friend Paul d'Arnot. On the ship he becomes embroiled in the affairs of Countess Olga de Coude, her husband, Count Raoul de Coude, and two shady characters attempting to prey on them, Nikolas Rokoff and his henchman Alexis Paulvitch. Rokoff, it turns out, is als...
The Beasts of Tarzan
The story begins a year after the conclusion the previous book, Tarzan (Lord Greystoke) and Jane have had a son they named Jack. Tarzan has spent much time building an estate home on the Wazirilands in Uziri, Africa, but has returned to his ancestral estate in London for the rainy season. Tarzan's adversaries from the previous novel, Nikolas Rokoff and Alexis Paulvitch, escape prison and kidnap the Greystoke heir. But the trap is elaborate and insidious, leading both Tarzan and Jane to be kid...
The Eternal Lover and The Mad King
Originally written as a series of four novellas, they were first published as novels in 1925 and 1926. The Eternal Lover recounts a sister and brother visiting the Greystoke estate in Africa before the first World War. While there, the sister falls unconscious, and remembers her adventures from a past life thousands of years ago. Tarzan makes occasional appearances as their present-day host. The first half of The Mad King is set before the African visit, and focuses on the brother, finding ou...
Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins
Originally written as a pair of novellas specifically for younger readers, the two stories: "The Tarzan Twins" and "Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, with Jad-bal-ja ('the Golden Lion') were published together in 1963. While the fact that they were written for children usually excludes them from lists of the main Tarzan novels, the family in the stories does make an appearance in Tarzan and the Lost Empire(1929).
Tarzan: The Lost Adventure
Eighty-three typed pages for an unfinished Tarzan novel were found in Burroughs' safe after his death. In the mid-1990s the Burroughs estate and Dark Horse Comics chose Joe R. Lansdaleto revise and complete the novel which was released as a co-authored work in 1995.
The Adventures of Tarzan
A licensed novelization serialized in 15 parts by newspapers in 1921. This work by Maude Robinson Toombs is based on the scripts for the 15-part film-serial of the same name, and was first released as a collected edition in 2006.
Tarzan the Mighty
A licensed novelization serialized in 15 parts by newspapers in 1928. This work by Arthur B. Reeve is based on the scripts for the 15-part film-serial of the same name, and was first released as a collected edition in 2005.
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Novelization authorized by the Burroughs estate, based on the screenplay of the 1957 film. Published by Whitman Books.
While Tarzan of the Apes met with some critical success, subsequent books in the series received a cooler reception and have been criticized for being derivative and formulaic. The characters are often said to be two-dimensional, the dialogue wooden, and the storytelling devices (such as excessive reliance on coincidence) strain credulity. While Bu...
After Burroughs' death a number of writers produced new Tarzan stories without the permission of his estate. In some instances, the estate managed to prevent publication of such unauthorized pastiches. The most notable exception in the United States was a series of five novels by the pseudonymous "Barton Werper" that appeared 1964–65 by Gold Star B...
Bräunlein, Peter. 2004. "Ein weißer Mann in Afrika. Rassismus und Geschlechterverhältnisse in Tarzanfilmen." iz3w280:41–43.Carey-Webb, Allen. 1992. "'Heart of Darkness', 'Tarzan', and the 'Third World'. Canons and Encounters in World Literature, English 109." College Literature19:121–41.Cheyfitz, Eric. 1991. The Poetics of Imperialism: Translation and Colonization from The Tempest to Tarzan. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Holtsmark, Erling B. 1981. Tarzan and Tradition: Classical Myth in Popular Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.A collection of public domain entries in the series as eBooks at Standard EbooksJul 18, 2024 · Edgar Rice Burroughs. 8. The War Chief. The War Chief tells the story of a white boy raised as an Apache. Even though Burroughs is known as one of the best fantasy authors, he also wrote a few westerns, and The War Chief was one of these. Published in 1927, this book tells the story of a white boy raised as an Apache.
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Nov 1, 2018 · Escapism: When asked by an editor to write an article about the theme of the Tarzan books, Edgar Rice Burroughs said that the theme consists of just one word: Tarzan. Burroughs claimed that the Tarzan books did not have a particular message or moral agenda; rather, he said, Tarzan of the Apes was intended to serve as an escape from thought, discussion and argument.
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The Tarzan Series. Tarzan is the son of a British Lord and Lady who were marooned on the West coast of Africa by mutineers. When Tarzan was a year old, his mother died of natural causes, and his father was killed by Kerchak, leader of the ape tribe into which Tarzan was adopted. Tarzan’s tribe of apes is known as the Mangani, Great Apes of a ...
