Series:

Tarzan

22 primary works • 30 total works

Book 1

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Tarzan of the Apes

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published 1 January 1912
Unabridged classic adventure novel from 1914 tells of an aristocratic English infant, abandoned on the death of his parents in the African jungle, who is reared by apes. Story includes riveting encounters with man-eating beasts, Tarzan's love affair with the beautiful Jane Porter, buried treasure, and much more. Original, exotic, highly readable.

Book 1

Cover of Tarzan of the Apes (Read & Co. Classics Edition)

Book 2

Cover of The Return of Tarzan
From the book:Magnifique! ejaculated the Countess de Coude, beneath her breath. "Eh?" questioned the count, turning toward his young wife. "What is it that is magnificent?" and the count bent his eyes in various directions in quest of the object of her admiration. "Oh, nothing at all, my dear," replied the countess, a slight flush momentarily coloring her already pink cheek. "I was but recalling with admiration those stupendous skyscrapers, as they call them, of New York," and the fair countess settled herself more comfortably in her steamer chair, and resumed the magazine which "nothing at all" had caused her to let fall upon her lap.

Book 2

Cover of The Return of Tarzan, with eBook

Book 3

Cover of The Beasts of Tarzan

The Beasts of Tarzan

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published 1 January 1914
The Return of Tarzan is Edgar Rice Burroughs' third novel in the series starring the man raised by apes. First serialized in 1914 in All-Story Cavalier magazine, it was published as a novel in 1916. After marrying Jane at the end of The Return of Tarzan, and claiming his birthright as Lord of Greystoke, our former ape-man finds his infant son has been kidnapped in London by old enemies. Following an anonymous call, Tarzan falls into his enemies' trap and finds himself once more exiled in the wild, this time with the threat hanging over him that his young son will be raised by cannibals.

Book 3

Cover of The Beasts of Tarzan, with eBook

Book 4

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The Son of Tarzan

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published 4 December 1915
From the book:The long boat of the Marjorie W. was floating down the broad Ugambi with ebb tide and current. Her crew were lazily enjoying this respite from the arduous labor of rowing up stream. Three miles below them lay the Marjorie W. herself, quite ready to sail so soon as they should have clambered aboard and swung the long boat to its davits. Presently the attention of every man was drawn from his dreaming or his gossiping to the northern bank of the river. There, screaming at them in a cracked falsetto and with skinny arms outstretched, stood a strange apparition of a man. "Wot the 'ell?" ejaculated one of the crew. "A white man!" muttered the mate, and then: "Man the oars, boys, and we'll just pull over an' see what he wants."

Book 4

Cover of The Son of Tarzan, with eBook

Book 5

Cover of Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Tarzan is in need of funds and returns to the hidden city of Opar, ruled by La, to approriate gold from the treasure vault there. An earthquake causes falling debris and Tarzan is struck on the head and loses his memory. This reprint uses the original text from the first magazine appearance. Illustrated with the great J. Allen St. John artwork.

Book 5

Cover of Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, with eBook

Book 6

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Jungle Tales of Tarzan

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published 1 September 1916
It was true that Tarzan and Tantor were the best of friends, and that Tarzan never yet had tasted of the flesh of the elephant; but the Gomangani evidently had slain one, and as they were eating of the flesh of their kill, Tarzan was assailed by no doubts as to the ethics of his doing likewise, should he have the opportunity. Had he known that the elephant had died of sickness several days before the blacks discovered the carcass, he might not have been so keen to partake of the feast, for Tarzan of the Apes was no carrion-eater. Hunger, however, may blunt the most epicurean taste, and Tarzan was not exactly an epicure. ~~~ Edgar Rice Burroughs created one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture, Tarzan of the Apes, and it is impossible to overstate his influence on entire genres of popular literature in the decades after his enormously winning pulp novels stormed the public's imagination. Jungle Tales of Tarzan, first published in 1919, is the sixth book of Burroughs' tales of the ape-man. This collection of short stories explores the life of the young Tarzan, his adventurous boyhood, and teen years among the great apes and other wild creatures that were his only family. American novelist EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (1875-1950) wrote dozens of adventure, crime, and science fiction novels that are still beloved today, including Tarzan of the Apes (1912), At the Earth's Core (1914), A Princess of Mars (1917), The Land That Time Forgot (1924), and Pirates of Venus (1934). He is reputed to have been reading a comic book when he died.

Book 6

Cover of Jungle Tales of Tarzan, with eBook

Book 7

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Tarzan the Untamed

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published 12 September 1971
Tarzan the Untamed is a book written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the seventh in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. The action is set during World War I. While John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (Tarzan) is away from his plantation home in British East Africa, it is destroyed by invading German troops from Tanganyika. On his return he discovers among many burned bodies one that appears to be the corpse of his wife, Jane Porter Clayton. Another fatality is the Waziri warrior Wasimbu, left crucified by the Germans. (Wasimbu's father Muviro, first mentioned in this story, goes on to play a prominent role in later Tarzan novels.)

Book 8

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Tarzan the Terrible

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published 12 September 1969
The orphaned son of aristocratic English parents marooned in Africa is adopted and raised by a band of apes. Not otherwise known to science, the "mangani" apes name the boy "Tarzan" in their primitive speech. Tarzan's upbringing gives him physical skills considerably superior to those of the finest athletes, but he also inherits a high level of mental prowess. He teaches himself to read by examining basic English primers left by his parents, and eventually learns to speak several languages fluently. Tarzan only rejoins the civilized world when fully grown.

Book 9

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Book 10

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Tarzan and the Ant Men

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published 1 February 1924
From the original pulp magazine appearance, unedited and uncensored! Tarzan of the Apes has added a biplane to the equipment of his African estate. On a practice flight he unwittingly conquers distance until the impenetrable Great Thorn Forest appears, inclosing a hitherto undiscovered country. Tarzan's biplane crashes, and the unconscious aviator is found by a huge she-creature of the Alali. Recovering consciousness, he flees with a youth of the Alali and instructs him in the art of the bow and arrow. And then the ape-man encounters another marvel of the jungle - a horde of white pygmies of warlike spirit mounted on dwarf antelopes.

Book 12

Cover of Tarzan and the Lost Empire

Book 14

Cover of Tarzan the Invincible

Book 15

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Tarzan Triumphant

by Hungry Engine and Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published 12 October 1975

Book 16

Cover of Tarzan and the City of Gold
Tarzan finds himself wandering the distant lands of Abyssinia, lured by the secrets and mystery of that land. And it is in one far place that the strange white warrior in armor of ivory leads him to the luxurious court of the most beautiful woman in the world, to slavery, to the arena, to the lion pit, to an atmosphere of love and hate, of intrigue and murder, to new friends and powerful enemies, to the throne of the Great God Thoos, to flaming Xarator, and to the horrors of the Grand Hunt.