The first and best of the Tarzan novels, of which Edgar Rice Burroughs eventually wrote several dozen, Tarzan of the Apes remains one of the signature stories of American popular literature, as readable as it is famous. Tarzan himself, in the words of Arthur C. Clarke, is ""the best known character in the whole of fiction."" As John Taliaferro asserts in his Introduction to this Modern Library Paperback Classic, ""There is no question that
Tarzan of the Apes
is one of the most entertaining and exemplary books of the last century. . . .
It
is not merely a story from a bygone era; it is a tale as old as time, and for all time, too.""
By:
Edgar Rice Burroughs Afterword by:
Gore Vidal Introduction by:
James Taliaferro Imprint: Random House Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 134mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 223g ISBN:9780812967067 ISBN 10: 0812967062 Series:Modern Library Classics Pages: 288 Publication Date:01 July 2003 Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Tarzan of the Apes: A Tarzan Novel
[Burroughs has] a gift very few writers of any kind possess: he can describe action vividly. -Gore Vidal
