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Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine in October, 1912; the first book edition was published in 1914. So popular was the character the Burroughs continued the series into the 1940s with two dozen sequels. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. ...
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The adventure novel is a literary genre of novels that has adventure, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, as its main theme. ...
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A. C. McClurg was a Chicago based publisher made famous by their publishing of the Tarzan of the Apes novels and stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs. ...
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The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs, McClurg, 1915 The Return of Tarzan is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the second in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. ...
Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. ...
James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series 1964 Edition of Tarzan of the Apes Tarzan, a fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ...
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The novel is the coming-of-age story of John Clayton, born in the western coastal jungles of equatorial Africa to a marooned couple from England, John and Alice (Rutherford) Clayton, Lord and Lady Greystoke. Adopted as an infant by the she-ape Kala after his parents are killed by the savage king ape Kerchak, Clayton is renamed Tarzan ("White Skin" in the ape language) and raised in ignorance of his human heritage. Box Log Falls, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia Jungle usually refers to a dense forest in a hot climate, such as a tropical rainforest. ...
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Kala is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughss original Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes, and in the Walt Disney-produced animated movie Tarzan based on it. ...
Kerchak Kerchak is a fictional character in the Walt Disney produced animated movie, Tarzan. ...
Mangani is a word from the fictional ape language in Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs. ...
Plot summary Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. After detailing the Claytons' doomed voyage to Africa, their stranding there, their son's birth, and their deaths, the book centers on Tarzan's adoption by the she-ape Kala and his upbringing. Feeling alienated from his peers due to his physical differences from them, he discovers his true parents' cabin, where he first learns of others like himself in the books they had owned, which he eventually teaches himself to read.
On his return from one visit to the cabin he is attacked by a huge gorilla ("Bolgani" in Mangani) which he manages to kill with his father's knife, though terribly wounded in the struggle. As he grows up, Tarzan becomes a skilled hunter, exciting the jealousy of Kerchak, the ape leader, who finally attacks him. Tarzan kills Kerchak and takes his place as "king" of the apes.
Later, a tribe of black Africans settles in the area, and Kala is killed by one of its hunters. Avenging himself on the killer, Tarzan begins an antagonistic relationship with the tribe, raiding its village for weapons and practicing cruel pranks on them; they, in turn, regard him as an evil spirit and attempt to placate him. Subsequently, a new party of whites is marooned on the coast, including Jane Porter, the first white woman Tarzan has ever seen. By the kind of wild coincidence typical of Burroughs' stories Tarzan's own cousin, William Cecil Clayton, unwitting usurper of the ape man's ancestral English estate, is also among the party. Tarzan spies on the newcomers, aids them in secret, and saves Jane from the perils of the jungle. Absent when they are rescued, he is introduced further into the mysteries of civilization by the Frenchman Paul d'Arnot, whom he saves from the natives. D'Arnot teaches Tarzan French, teaches him how to behave among white men, and guides him to the nearest colonial outposts. Tarzan and Jane as portrayed by James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce; they starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series Jane Porter is a major character in Edgar Rice Burroughss series of Tarzan novels. ...
Later, Tarzan travels to Jane's native Baltimore, Maryland only to find that Jane is now in the woods of Wisconsin. Tarzan finally meets Jane in Wisconsin where they renew their acquaintance and he learns the bitter news that she has become engaged to William Clayton. Clues from his parents' cabin have enabled d'Arnot to prove Tarzan's true identity; informed of this, a word from him can ruin Clayton. Tarzan chooses rather to conceal and renounce his heritage for the sake of Jane's happiness, and on that note the novel ends. Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ...
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Film adaptations Burroughs' novel has been the basis of several movies. The first two were the silent films Tarzan of the Apes (1918) and The Romance of Tarzan (1918), both starring Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan, based on the first and second parts of the novel, respectively. The next and most famous adaptation was Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), starring Johnny Weissmuller, who went on to star in eleven other Tarzan films. It was remade twice, as Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959), featuring Denny Miller, and Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981), with Miles O'Keeffe as Tarzan and Bo Derek as Jane. Two more movie adaptations have been made to date; Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), a film starring Christopher Lambert that is more faithful to the book, and Tarzan (1999), an animated film with Tony Goldwyn as the voice of Tarzan. Tarzan of the Apes (1918) is a silent black and white action adventure film directed by Scott Sidney starring Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, George B. French and Gordon Griffith. ...
Elmo Lincoln is best known in his silent movie role of Tarzan. ...
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) is an action adventure film starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith & Maureen OSullivan. ...
Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan in Tarzan and His Mate. ...
You may be looking for Tarzan the Ape Man from 1932, or Tarzan, the Ape Man from 1981 Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959) is an action adventure film starring Denny Miller, Cesare Danova, Joanna Barnes and Robert Douglas. ...
Tarzan, the Ape Man is a 1981 American action movie and adventure film directed by John Derek. ...
Miles OKeeffe (born June 20, 1954 in Ripley, Tennessee) is a television and movie actor. ...
Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20, 1956, Long Beach, California, USA) is an American film actress and model. ...
Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 film with Sir Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell and Cheryl Campbell. ...
Christopher Lambert (born March 29, 1957 as Christophe Guy Denis Lambert) is an American-born French actor. ...
Tarzan is a 1999 Academy Award-winning animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 18, 1999. ...
Anthony Howard Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. ...
A number of Burroughs' other Tarzan novels have also been adapted for the screen, and numerous additional Tarzan films have been made with no connection to his writings other than the character.
Copyright The copyright for this story has expired in the United States, and thus now resides in the public domain there. The text is available via Project Gutenberg. Copyright symbol Copyright is a set of exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. ...
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References - Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 67.
Everett Franklin Bleiler (born 1920) is an editor and bibliographer of science fiction and Fantasy. ...
External links Wikisource has original text related to this article: Tarzan of the Apes - Text of the novel at Project Gutenberg
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