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In a jungle of dangerous animals and hidden peoples, strength alone is not enough.
In Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, Edgar Rice Burroughs brings you into wild country with a hero raised between two worlds. Born to English nobles and brought up among great apes, Tarzan trusts his strength and his wits. Survival demands both, but his loyalty to friends gives him more than himself to protect.
Honor drives this fast-moving adventure. Tarzan protects those who cannot protect themselves and keeps faith with his friends. Around him lies a fictional Africa of wild country, dangerous animals, and hidden peoples. The book also carries the racial and imperial prejudices of its time, making it a revealing encounter with early popular fiction.
What you’ll discover
- Between two worlds Meet a larger-than-life hero whose noble birth contrasts with his upbringing among great apes.
- A jungle of invention Enter wild country where dangerous animals and hidden peoples give adventure its pulse.
- Strength joined with wit Follow Tarzan as he relies on both physical power and quick thinking to survive.
- Honor under pressure Discover a code built on protecting the vulnerable and staying true to friends.
- Adventure in its time Explore early popular fiction while recognizing the prejudices that shape its imagined world.
Who will love it
This is for readers who love jungle adventure, rescue and chase, and who enjoy a fast, colorful tale of wild animals, desert raiders, medieval tournaments and love.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Tarzan is captured by Arab slave raiders
- Tarzan wins back his place among the apes
- A cruel hunter learns the cost of abuse
- Blake wanders into a hidden medieval kingdom
- Greed and jealousy divide Ibn Jad's camp
- Blake masters knighthood and faces Sir Malud
- Two rival cities fight for a prize every year
- Tarzan walks back into the enemy camp
- Honor and greed are tested side by side
- A fast tale told with humor and color
Who’s who
- TarzanThe ape-man and lord of the jungle, who defends his country, his animal friends and his human friends from slave raiders and thieves.
- James Hunter BlakeA young, rich American hunter who is lost in the jungle, finds a hidden kingdom of knights and wants to win a princess.
- Wilbur StimbolA rich, bullying New York broker who treats his porters with contempt and believes his money gives him power anywhere.
- Sheik Ibn JadA scheming Arab chief who leads his people deep into Africa in search of a legendary city of treasure.
- Princess GuinaldaThe proud and quick-tempered daughter of Prince Gobred of Nimmr, who has never seen the outside world.
- Sir Richard MontmorencyA loyal, cheerful knight of Nimmr who befriends Blake and teaches him how to live as a knight.
- ZeydA young Bedouin who loves the sheik's daughter and is falsely accused of trying to kill the sheik.
- AtejaIbn Jad's brave daughter, who loves Zeyd and distrusts Fahd and her scheming uncle.
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Tarzan, seigneur de la jungle
by Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1927
A captive ape-man, a lost American and a hidden city of knights collide in the hills.
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Picture a noonday nap on the back of an elephant, and then a gunshot. That is how Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle begins.
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Tarzan is captured by Arab slave raiders
A single shot ends a peaceful noon. Tarzan dozes on the back of Tantor the elephant when Fahd, an Arab raider, fires at the gray hide. Tantor bolts, a low branch knocks the ape-man senseless, and he wakes with his wrists tied in strips of camel hide.
The raiders follow Sheik Ibn Jad, who seeks the rumored treasure city of Nimmr. Tarzan faces them with perfect calm, and one Arab, Motlog, who has heard his name in every village, stops Fahd from using a knife. The sheik's brother Tollog suggests a thin knife in the dark and a secret grave, and Ibn Jad approves.
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/tarzan-lord-of-the-jungle.
Burroughs, E. R. (2026). Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/tarzan-lord-of-the-jungle (Original work published 1927)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/tarzan-lord-of-the-jungle.
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What is Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle about?
It follows Tarzan as he defends his jungle from Arab slave raiders, while a young American named Blake finds a hidden valley where medieval knights still live, and the two stories meet in a race to rescue a princess.
Who is Jad-bal-ja in the Tarzan books?
Jad-bal-ja is the Golden Lion, a lion Tarzan raised from a cub. He knows Tarzan as master and friend, and he can stand near people without harming them, though Tarzan warns that a lion is always a lion.
What are the Fronters and the Backers?
They are two rival factions of descendants of shipwrecked crusaders. Fronters wear their crosses on their chests because they believe the crusade is unfinished. Backers wear them on their backs because they believe it is complete.
The author
Edgar Rice Burroughs
1875–1950 · American adventure novelist
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer born in Chicago in 1875. He wrote novels about Tarzan and novels set on Mars. His first Mars story appeared in 1912 and became the book A Princess of Mars in 1917. He later lived in California and died in Encino in 1950.
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