Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Tarzan of the Apes

Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrator: Jeff Harding

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/14/2016

Synopsis

This classic story encompasses the life of John Clayton, the son of English aristocrats, who was abandoned in the jungle as an infant after the untimely death of his parents. He is adopted by the caring ape Kala and is raised in her tribe of gorillas lead by the intimidating Kerchak. Growing up an outsider among his peers, Tarzan gradually earns the respect of his ape tribe through physical feats and his hunting abilities. This sparks jealously in Kerchak, which forces Tarzan into the fight of his life. Follow Tarzan on his wild jungle adventures and his search for his true identity as he discovers what the world is like outside of the jungle.

About Edgar Rice Burroughs

American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950) worked many odd jobs before professionally writing. Burroughs did not start writing until he was in his late 30s while working at a pencil-sharpener wholesaler. But after following his call to writing, Burroughs created one of America's most enduring adventure heroes: Tarzan. Along with his novels about Tarzan, Burroughs wrote the notable Barsoom series, which follows the Mars adventurer John Carter.

About Jeff Harding

Jeff Harding is an American actor based in Britain. He is regularly seen in film and television, but he also maintains interest in fringe theatre. He is particularly active in radio and voiceover, having narrated over six hundred audiobooks in the UK for more than thirty years. In addition to acting, he has competed in rowing for many years-a sport he considers particularly appropriate for the narrator of Ben Hur.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on March 13, 2024

Viscount Greystoke will see you now.One of the advantages of riding the subway to work is getting extra reading time. Coming home, though, I often have to stand for a good while before I can get a seat. As it is not comfortable wrangling the actual book I am reading at a given time while standi......more

Goodreads review by Anne on February 09, 2025

I don't know about you, but when I think of Tarzan, I see that classic image of him swinging through the trees and hear that crazy yodel-scream thing he did. I've seen multiple movies but I've never read the real stories, so I thought it was high time to remedy that. Truthfully, Burroughs' classic did......more

Goodreads review by J.G. Keely on January 24, 2009

I must say, I was expecting more from this book. It takes inspiration from a wide array of very good adventure novels, but manages to be more bigoted than the colonial literature that inspired it and less factual and forward-looking than books written thirty years before. One of the major inspiration......more

Goodreads review by Fabian on October 07, 2019

Here: the fountainhead & the story buried below a myriad adaptations. E. R. Burroughs's dream did come true after all: his Tarzan spun off into countless later tales & films-- heck, even Broadway musicals. Read this scant but brutal adventure tale with its due respect, for it includes: examples of p......more

Goodreads review by Melindam on December 17, 2024

I have read this book first in my early teens and was really taken with it as well as the other books of the series that were translated into Hungarian back then. My original, undistinguishing rating would have been 4 stars at least, I am sure, as I found the books entertaining and quite fascinating......more

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