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What if the jungle feels like home, but the world of drawing rooms hides your most dangerous enemies?
In The Return of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs brings his ape-raised English lord into a world of ships, cities and unfamiliar rules. Tarzan has a title, but little ease among people who live by customs he never learned. His strength and honesty cannot shield him from every threat.
Nikolas Rokoff makes Tarzan his enemy, using plots, disguises and helpers rather than open combat. Jane Porter’s fate remains tied to Tarzan’s, while Paul d’Arnot offers loyal friendship. The adventure carries Tarzan toward Africa, where the jungle offers familiar ground—but danger still waits beyond the world of drawing rooms.
What you’ll discover
- A hero between worlds Follow Tarzan as he searches for his place between jungle life and civilization.
- An enemy behind disguises Watch Rokoff turn cunning and hidden helpers into threats that strength alone cannot answer.
- The hidden city of Opar Enter a place of ritual, danger and treasure, ruled by the priestess La.
- Nobility beyond a title Explore how courage, fairness and loyalty earn Tarzan respect beyond his inherited rank.
- The pull of Africa Follow Tarzan through forest and plain, where his jungle skills set him apart.
Who will love it
For readers who love adventure, cliffhangers and pulp storytelling, and anyone who has read the first Tarzan novel. Hidden cities, scheming enemies and a hero caught between jungle and civilization await.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Tarzan steps into the civilized world
- A villain makes Tarzan his enemy
- Africa and the lost city of Opar
- What the story is about and how it is told
Who’s who
- TarzanAn English lord raised by apes in Africa, strong and honest, who must find his place between the jungle and civilization.
- Jane PorterThe American woman Tarzan loved in the first book, whose fate remains tied to his.
- Paul d'ArnotA French naval officer and loyal friend who helped Tarzan enter the civilized world.
- Nikolas RokoffA Russian schemer who becomes Tarzan's bitter enemy and plots against him with cunning.
- LaThe priestess who rules the hidden city of Opar, a place of ritual, danger and treasure.
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The Return of Tarzan
by Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1913
Tarzan faces a scheming enemy and a choice between two worlds as a hidden city waits deep in Africa.
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The Return of Tarzan is the second Tarzan novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It first appeared as a magazine serial in 1913 and was printed as a book soon after.
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Tarzan steps into the civilized world
The story picks up with Tarzan in the world of people. He is a man with a title and a jungle upbringing, and he is still learning how to live among those who dress and speak by rules he did not grow up with. The first book ended with him giving up something dear to him, and that loss hangs over the opening of this one.
Burroughs uses this setting to show the gap between Tarzan and the people around him. He is strong, quick and honest, while many of those he meets are polite on the surface and scheming underneath. Readers see him judged by his manners but trusted for his deeds.
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What is The Return of Tarzan about?
It continues the story of Tarzan, an English lord raised by apes. He enters the civilized world, faces a scheming enemy, and returns to Africa, where adventure and a hidden city await him.
Do I need to read Tarzan of the Apes first?
It helps a great deal. The sequel builds on the first book's characters and on the choice that Tarzan makes there. A new reader can follow the action, but will miss some of its weight.
When was The Return of Tarzan written?
Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote it in the early 1910s. It ran as a magazine serial in 1913 and then came out as a book. It is a work of fiction, not a true story.
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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