TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice Burroughs | PenguinRandomHouse.com
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About TARZAN OF THE APES
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.”
About TARZAN OF THE APES
Raised by a fierce she-ape of the tribe of Kerchak deep in the African jungle, the baby Tarzan grew to learn the secrets of the wild to survive–how to talk with animals, swing through trees, and fight against the great predators. He grew to the strength and courage of his fellow apes. And in time, his human intelligence promised him the kingship of the tribe. He became truly Lord of the Jungle.
Then civilized men entered the jungle, and Tarzan was forced to choose between two worlds….
About TARZAN OF THE APES
When Tarzan is orphaned as a baby deep in the African jungle, the apes adopt him and raise him as their own. By the time the boy is ten, he can swing through the trees and talk to the animals.  By the time he is eighteen, he has the strength of a lion and rules the apes as their king. But Tarzan knows he’s different. Will he ever discover his true identity?  
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Praise
“[Burroughs has] a gift very few writers of any kind possess: he can describe action vividly.” —Gore Vidal
About Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs is one of the world’s most popular authors. With no previous experience as a writer, he wrote and sold his first novel–A Princess of Mars–in 1912. In the ensuing thirty-eight years, until his death in 1950, Burroughs… More about Edgar Rice Burroughs
About Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs is one of the world’s most popular authors. With no previous experience as a writer, he wrote and sold his first novel–A Princess of Mars–in 1912. In the ensuing thirty-eight years, until his death in 1950, Burroughs… More about Edgar Rice Burroughs
About Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs is one of the world’s most popular authors. With no previous experience as a writer, he wrote and sold his first novel–A Princess of Mars–in 1912. In the ensuing thirty-eight years, until his death in 1950, Burroughs… More about Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author Essay
The first time I ever went to Tarzana, California, I walked down Ventura Boulevard, noticing that all of the buildings were really ugly.  Then I arrive at my destination:  a small house, set back from the street, with a beautiful tree shading the entire front yard.  Inside, the air was cool and everything was polished wood, especially the incredible, gigantic desk.  That’s where he worked.  It was awesome.
Edgar Rice Burroughs had a huge California ranch, and the land eventually became a town, named for Burroughs’s most famous character.  Burroughs created one of the few heroes everyone knows, and at that desk, he took Tarzan to exotic lands, had him face bizarre creatures and endless, exotic challenges.  Those adventures spirit the reader away to a timeless time of action and heroism.  And sitting in that office, I was a permanent convert.  For me, and for countless others, the legend will never cease.  And that’s as it should be.
                        –Steve Saffel, Senior Editor