num_pages: 320
description: The classic novel of a boy rasied by Apes in the African jungle, now the basis for a major motion picture, The Legend of Tarzan , starring Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Djimon HounsouOriginally published in 1914, Burroughs’s Tarzan , the ideal image of pure animalistic power at odds with the civilized world, appealed to readers from his very inception and become one of the most enduring icons of popular culture. In this classic tale, the struggle between the wild and the civilized is played out deep in the savage African jungle. The infant Tarzan is raised by apes and grows into manhood, learning to survive as the animals survive. When an expedition of white men brings the beautiful and cultured Jane Porter to the jungle, Tarzan enters civilization to win her love.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
language: English
title: Tarzan of the Apes
titlecomplete: Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
characters: Tarrant, Tana, Bolgani, Numa, Histah, Tarzan, Mirando, John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, Captain Billings, Kulonga, Lieutenant D'Arnot, Sheeta, Sabor, Arn, William Cecil Clayton, Kerchak, Porky Evans, Peter, Mbonga, Bara, Jane Porter, Sr., Samuel T. Philander, Jane Porter, Tantor, Hazel Strong, Neeta, Pisah, Thaka, Mungo, Lieutenant Charpentier, Tublat, Captain Dufranne, Esmeralda (Jane Porter's governess), Munango-Keewati, King, Alice Rutherford Clayton, Lady Greystoke, Gunto, Dango, Bill, Monu, Robert Canler, Snipes, Black Michael, Tom, Horta, Kala, Terkoz, Archimedes Q. Porter
genres: Fiction, Pulp, Classics, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Africa, Fantasy, Literature, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 44071
places: Africa, Paris, West Africa
series: Tarzan
publisher: Penguin Classics