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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.
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- 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.
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Tarzan, signore della giungla
by Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1927
Tarzan trusts strength, wits and honor in a jungle where courage and cunning decide who lives.
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A hero raised between two worlds
The series rests on one idea. Tarzan is born to English nobles, yet he grows up among great apes in the African forest. He is known in the English world as John Clayton, Lord Greystoke. In the jungle he is simply Tarzan, a name from the language of the apes.
This double life gives every story its tension. He has the strength and senses of a wild creature, and he also has a quick human mind. Burroughs liked to set those two natures side by side and let the reader ask which one wins in a crisis.
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Who wrote Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle?
Edgar Rice Burroughs, the American author who created Tarzan in 1912. He wrote the character into more than twenty novels, and this book is one of the later titles in that long series.
Do I need to read the other Tarzan books first?
Not strictly. The series is built from separate adventures, and each story gives enough about Tarzan's background to follow. Reading Tarzan of the Apes first does help, since it tells how he came to live among the apes.
Is Tarzan a true story?
No. Tarzan is an invented hero, and Burroughs wrote about Africa without living there. The jungle, peoples and animals come from his imagination and from the popular travel writing of his day.
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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