Tarzan of the Apes (Audiobook)

from ChrisConway

OK, so it's racist, and terribly old fashioned... but it's also terribly interesting, with its celebration of physicality and fascinating account of how Tarzan learns about language. I read it as a kid and loved it. Now much of the interest is intellectual and historical. Tarzan is such an iconic...

from VicNoirReader

Tarzan is a classic for a reason. Fun, romantic, exciting, adventurous--But its sequels leave much to be desired, in my opinion. It's a great read, and it's good to read the original version of Tarzan before watching the millions of movies that have come out over the years.

from themulhern

This book is a tremendous story, full of excitement. The prose is purple and very enjoyable. Jane Porter's black maid is an offensive stereotype deployed for comic relief. The two academics are a slightly less offensive stereotype, also deployed for comic relief. Burroughs was aware of the scanda...

from PiyushC

Tarzan has never been my favourite character, be it the comics or the cartoons - now Mowgli was an entirely different story! And the irony strikes. In the last year or so, I have read both the Jungle Books, which were barely readable, the characters nowhere as snappy as I remembered them from my ...

from kslade

I read the first seven or so of this series back when I was starting Jr. High. I loved the adventure stories and especially his Golden Lion. I was always upset with the movies because Tarzan was not as cool as in the novels (he spoke French first before English !). I did not like the parts that m...