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Readers who love fast jungle adventure, daring escapes and fierce loyalty, and anyone who enjoys a hero who thinks like an animal and fights like a gentleman. Fans of old-fashioned villains will feel at home here.
Che cos’è questo libro
The Beasts of Tarzan is a jungle adventure by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the third book in his Tarzan series, first published in 1916. It opens in Paris and London, in the world of clubs, townhouses and telegrams, and ends up on the wild coast of Africa. Burroughs sets a loving father against an old enemy who knows exactly how to hurt him.
The enemy is Nikolas Rokoff, a Russian who has broken out of a French prison. His plan is cruel and slow. He will take Tarzan's baby son, strip the ape-man of his clothes and his name, and leave him to suffer in a place he cannot leave. Tarzan must go back to the life he gave up, and he finds that old skills and new friends among the beasts serve him well.
In this summary you will meet the people who share the chase: a wife with a mother's courage, a hulking cook with a strange phrase about the wind, and a chief who respects strength. Along the way you will hear how the story is built and what it says about civilization and the wild. First, let us look at the trap that starts everything.
In questo riassunto
- 1A Telegram Springs the TrapFree
- 2Jane Follows and Both Are Lost
- 3Stripped of Civilization, Tarzan Returns
- 4A Panther, a Tribe and a Chief
- 5A Crew of Beasts Sails for Africa
- 6Betrayed and Bound for the Dance of Death
- 7A Swede Who Hides a Good Heart
- 8Lost in the Rain, Led by an Old Woman
- 9What the Story Says About Civilization and Beasts
- 10How Burroughs Tells It
Punto chiave 1 di 10
A Telegram Springs the Trap
The story begins in Paris, in the apartment of Lieutenant Paul D'Arnot. He tells his friend John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, that Nikolas Rokoff has escaped from a French military prison. Tarzan sent that man there with his testimony, and he knows the Russian will want revenge. He fears less for himself than for his wife Jane and their baby son, because Rokoff would rather strike at him through the people he loves.
While the two friends talk, two dark men plot in a cottage near London. One of them is Rokoff himself, pale from long confinement. He tells his partner Alexis Paulvitch to shave his beard, so that Tarzan cannot recognize him, and to meet him on the deck of a ship called the Kincaid. They expect to have two honored guests on board who have no idea what voyage is planned for them.
Three hours later, a telegram reaches Paris. Jane writes that the baby, called Jack, is gone. A new servant helped take him from the garden. Tarzan hurries home to London and hears what the nurse saw. A houseman named Carl tricked her into leaving the child, and a closed taxi was waiting at the corner. The nurse fought on the running board, but a blow knocked her to the pavement.
Then the telephone rings. A stranger offers to lead Tarzan to his son if he comes alone to a sailors' pub in Dover and tells no one at Scotland Yard. Tarzan agrees and leaves Jane at home. In Dover a muffled guide, who is Paulvitch, leads him to a small steamer and sends him down a hatch.
The cover slams shut above him. The ship's engines begin to throb, and the ape-man is a prisoner in a cell built for him. Then a woman's scream comes from the deck above.
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Who’s who
- Tarzan
- Jane's husband draws on his jungle upbringing and animal friendships when enemies separate him from his family.
- Jane
- Tarzan's wife faces captivity with courage, watching her captors for opportunities to escape.
- Nikolas Rokoff
- Tarzan's vengeful enemy works with Alexis Paulvitch to attack his opponent through Jane and their young son.
- Sheeta
- A powerful panther becomes Tarzan's ally, adding a dangerous presence to his unusual animal company.
- Akut
- A great ape leads the band that accompanies Tarzan, joining his strength to the jungle-born man's.
- Mugambi
- An African warrior accompanies Tarzan and helps him manage the animals traveling with their company.
- Alexis Paulvitch
- Rokoff's accomplice helps his vindictive partner strike at Tarzan by targeting the family he loves.
About this edition
Every format is free to start, and print and large print are at cost.
- LengthAbout 65,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 4 h 20 min
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 11 other languages
Questions about Le belve di Tarzan
What is The Beasts of Tarzan about?
Tarzan's baby son is kidnapped by his old enemy Rokoff, who strands Tarzan naked on an island. Tarzan befriends apes and a panther, and with a chief named Mugambi he chases the Russian across Africa while Jane fights to survive.
Who are Akut and Sheeta in The Beasts of Tarzan?
Akut is a bull ape who becomes king of his tribe after Tarzan spares him. Sheeta is a panther Tarzan frees from a fallen tree, and the cat follows him as a loyal hunting partner.
Do I need to read the earlier Tarzan books first?
The story explains who Tarzan, Jane and Rokoff are as it goes, so a new reader can begin here. Earlier events, like his fight with the ape Terkoz, are mentioned briefly and clearly.
Why does Rokoff want revenge on Tarzan?
Tarzan's testimony sent Rokoff to a French prison for life, and Tarzan had thwarted his plots before. Rokoff plans to punish him through his family, by leaving him marooned and giving his son to cannibals.
When was The Beasts of Tarzan written?
Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote it as a sequel to The Return of Tarzan, and it was first printed in 1914 to 1916. It is a work of fiction, with chapters ending on cliffhangers that carry a reader along.