The Beasts of Tarzan
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Tarzan series |
Genre(s) | Adventure novel |
Publisher | A. C. McClurg |
Publication date | 1916 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 336 pp |
ISBN | NA |
Preceded by | The Return of Tarzan |
Followed by | The Son of Tarzan |
The Beasts of Tarzan is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the third in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Originally serialized in All-Story Cavalier magazine in 1914, the novel was first published in book form by A. C. McClurg in 1916.
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[edit] Plot summary
In the previous novel Tarzan reclaimed his name and title as John Clayton, Lord Greystoke. In this novel he finds that proper society is just as vicious as the jungle when greedy men threaten him and his new family. Jane and her infant son Jack are kidnapped by Tarzan's enemies, Nikolas Rokoff and Alexis Paulvitch, who then trap Tarzan himself and attempt to exile him forever on a primitive island, bereft of all those dear to him. There, however, Tarzan gains new allies in the panther Sheeta and the ape Akut, together with Akut's band. With their aid he tracks down his wife and son, and in the end dispatches Rokoff. Paulvitch too is presumed dead.
[edit] Copyright
The copyright for this story has expired in the United States, and thus now resides in the public domain there. The text is available via Project Gutenberg.
[edit] References
- Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 66.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 79. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
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Preceded by The Return of Tarzan |
Tarzan series The Beasts of Tarzan |
Succeeded by The Son of Tarzan |
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