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The Tarzan Collection
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Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for his adventure and science fiction novels, especially those featuring legendary characters such as Tarzan and John Carter. This collection includes the following:
Tarzan of the Apes
The Return of Tarzan
The Beasts of Tarzan
The Son of Tarzan
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Tarzan the Untamed
Tarzan the Terrible
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for his adventure and science fiction novels, especially those featuring legendary characters such as Tarzan and John Carter. This collection includes the following:
Tarzan of the Apes
The Return of Tarzan
The Beasts of Tarzan
The Son of Tarzan
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Tarzan the Untamed
Tarzan the Terrible
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First published May 18, 2012
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
2,907 books2,740 followersEdgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.
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May 18, 2023
This review is only for Tarzan of the Apes. The first book in the collection.
I'm 66 and grew up watching the old Tarzan movies. But I have never read any of the books. So seeing this ebook collection at .99 cents I grabbed it. I've just finished Tarzan of the Apes. The book reads like a fast paced short story collection with each chapter telling a day in the life of Tarzan. This is pulp fiction at it's best. Fast, entertaining and great liberties are taken with the story of a boy being raised in the wild teaching himself to read English and later as a young man picking up French in a matter of days. That and fighting lions, snakes and apes with his bare hands. But then again this is meant as action and adventure. Not Shakespeare.
Pros:
The jungle of the book is deep, dark and primitive. The world and oceans of the pulps are bigger, deeper and mysterious in ways our modern world has lost.
Fast action
Jungle background.
Almost like reading the Jungle Book in the description of animals and their personalities.
Cons:
Racism. Not the evil Nazi type but the casual assumption of racial hierarchy. Which in many ways is the worse kind. Because it isn't obviously hateful and flies under the radar.
I think it's well worth the read but even though I'm an old boomer and I hate censorship. I did want to point out this is very much a work of it's time.
This isn't a quaint Sunday School story. The violence is rough and taking of a life isn't much mourned or even judged.
All in all it's entertaining. I wasn't bored and for a book from that era the language didn't bog me down.
I'm 66 and grew up watching the old Tarzan movies. But I have never read any of the books. So seeing this ebook collection at .99 cents I grabbed it. I've just finished Tarzan of the Apes. The book reads like a fast paced short story collection with each chapter telling a day in the life of Tarzan. This is pulp fiction at it's best. Fast, entertaining and great liberties are taken with the story of a boy being raised in the wild teaching himself to read English and later as a young man picking up French in a matter of days. That and fighting lions, snakes and apes with his bare hands. But then again this is meant as action and adventure. Not Shakespeare.
Pros:
The jungle of the book is deep, dark and primitive. The world and oceans of the pulps are bigger, deeper and mysterious in ways our modern world has lost.
Fast action
Jungle background.
Almost like reading the Jungle Book in the description of animals and their personalities.
Cons:
Racism. Not the evil Nazi type but the casual assumption of racial hierarchy. Which in many ways is the worse kind. Because it isn't obviously hateful and flies under the radar.
I think it's well worth the read but even though I'm an old boomer and I hate censorship. I did want to point out this is very much a work of it's time.
This isn't a quaint Sunday School story. The violence is rough and taking of a life isn't much mourned or even judged.
All in all it's entertaining. I wasn't bored and for a book from that era the language didn't bog me down.
July 13, 2024
I love Tarzan!
My mother recommended these books when I was a kid and I don’t know why I never read them. I have loved the entire series so much. I might just read the whole thing again before I go onto my next book. It’s amazing to think that such a short time ago, there were still such uncivilized and unknown places in the world. I realize some of them were made up, but you know what I mean. Pockets of cannibals and wild jungle, and it was all described so well that I felt like I was transported to Wild and exotic place. I love Tarzan the first book so much that I listened to the Mars books on tape. I did not love those as well. I loved all of the Tarzan books. The first and second were the best I think but they were all wonderful and I highly recommend them to anybody. These are some of my all-time favorite books. And I have read many many books.
My mother recommended these books when I was a kid and I don’t know why I never read them. I have loved the entire series so much. I might just read the whole thing again before I go onto my next book. It’s amazing to think that such a short time ago, there were still such uncivilized and unknown places in the world. I realize some of them were made up, but you know what I mean. Pockets of cannibals and wild jungle, and it was all described so well that I felt like I was transported to Wild and exotic place. I love Tarzan the first book so much that I listened to the Mars books on tape. I did not love those as well. I loved all of the Tarzan books. The first and second were the best I think but they were all wonderful and I highly recommend them to anybody. These are some of my all-time favorite books. And I have read many many books.
December 6, 2019
It's one of the greatest adventures you will ever enjoy reading over and over again..
I have read this collection several times_and I still I love it, and will read it again.😀😀 Worth the effort.
I have read this collection several times_and I still I love it, and will read it again.😀😀 Worth the effort.
September 1, 2025
Ugh.
The first book: Oh wow! This is great! Why haven't I read it before?
The second half of the first book: OH NO JANE! NOOOOOOOOOOO!
The second book: ...
The third book: ...
All the books afterwards: Let me guess... Jane gets kidnapped?
The Tarzan short story collection: TARZAN EWWWWWWWWWWWW!
The first book: Oh wow! This is great! Why haven't I read it before?
The second half of the first book: OH NO JANE! NOOOOOOOOOOO!
The second book: ...
The third book: ...
All the books afterwards: Let me guess... Jane gets kidnapped?
The Tarzan short story collection: TARZAN EWWWWWWWWWWWW!
September 15, 2022
First book - 4 Stars: Really good.
Second book - 3 Stars: Not horrible.
Third book - 2 Stars: Children die; too many characters with too many subplots; and, why have ANOTHER sub-story at the end?
Second book - 3 Stars: Not horrible.
Third book - 2 Stars: Children die; too many characters with too many subplots; and, why have ANOTHER sub-story at the end?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 1, 2015
A classic and the excellent follow-ups
I read Tarzan of the Apes when I was thirteen and fell in love...total freedom in an isolated jungle! It was every bit as good as Peter Pan. Rereading it takes me back to those youthful days, and surprisingly, the book holds up. The writing is skillful, fast moving and full of suspense. The downside is the ugly prejudice he discloses so casually, though I don't take too much umbrage because he was, I think, merely a product of his time; he seemed to have no evil intent. The other problem is also of its time....much of the animal lore is simply inaccurate. Lions do not run around in pairs, for instance. However, I simply take this as a part of the story being told, and don't worry about it, though it does make me chuckle occasionally. The follow-up books are also great escapist reading. This volume is not for everyone, but for some of us, great fun!
I read Tarzan of the Apes when I was thirteen and fell in love...total freedom in an isolated jungle! It was every bit as good as Peter Pan. Rereading it takes me back to those youthful days, and surprisingly, the book holds up. The writing is skillful, fast moving and full of suspense. The downside is the ugly prejudice he discloses so casually, though I don't take too much umbrage because he was, I think, merely a product of his time; he seemed to have no evil intent. The other problem is also of its time....much of the animal lore is simply inaccurate. Lions do not run around in pairs, for instance. However, I simply take this as a part of the story being told, and don't worry about it, though it does make me chuckle occasionally. The follow-up books are also great escapist reading. This volume is not for everyone, but for some of us, great fun!
September 25, 2015
Great adventure stories
I have always been a fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Read these books 40 years ago and they are still exciting.
I have always been a fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Read these books 40 years ago and they are still exciting.
January 25, 2017
Once a classic always a classic.
Tarzan is and always will be a favourite character of mine. The human from polished by circumstance t physical perfection..
Tarzan is and always will be a favourite character of mine. The human from polished by circumstance t physical perfection..
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