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Description edit
Tarzan had renounced his right to the woman he loved, and civilization held no pleasure for him. After a brief and harrowing period among men, he turned back to the African jungle where he had grown to manhood. It was there he first heard of Opar, the city of gold, left over from fabled... read more
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Characters edit
- Tarzan: The main character-was raised by apes, and is now civilized.
- Jane Porter: Tarzan's love.
- William Cecil Clayton: Jane Porter's fiancee. Also the cousin of Tarzan.
- Nikolas Rokoff: Tarzan's enemy, a Russian ruffian
- Abdul: Add a description of this character.
- Waziri: An African tribe, also the name of the chief
- Olga De Coude: Beautiful Russian woman, attracted to Tarzan, sister of Rokoff
- Gernois
- Paulvitch: Rokoff's partner
- Bou Saada
- Hazel Strong: Jane's friend
- Tennington: A lord
- Kadour Ben Saden
- Monsieur Flaubert
- Busuli: An African
- Wilson
- Alice: Tarzan's mother (deceased)
- Lord Greystoke: Tarzan's father (deceased), now Tarzan's true title
- Sidi Aissa
- Raoul
- Gerard
- Kala: Tarzan's ape mother (deceased)
- Mr. Philander: A friend of Jane's father.
- Manyuema
- Dufranne
First Sentence edit
"Magnifique!" ejaculated the Countess de Coude, beneath her breath.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter I The Affair on the Liner
Chapter 2 Forging Bonds of Hate and ----?
Chapter 3 What Happened in the Rue Maule
Chapter 4 The Countess Explains
Chapter 5 The Plot That Failed
Chapter 6 A Duel
Chapter 7 The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa
Chapter 8 The Fight in the Desert
Chapter 9 Numa "El Adrea"
Chapter 10 Through the Valley of the Shadow
Chapter 11 John Caldwell, London
Chapter 12 Ships That Pass
Chapter 13 The Wreck of the "Lady Alice"
Chapter 14 Back to the Primitive
Chapter 15 From Ape to Savage
Chapter 16 The Ivory Raiders
Chapter 17 The White Chief of the Waziri
Chapter 18 The Lottery of Death
Chapter 19 The City of Gold
Chapter 20 La
Chapter 21 The Castaways
Chapter 22 The Treasure Vaults of Opar
Chapter 23 The Fifty Frightful Men
Chapter 24 How Tarzan Came Again to Opar
Chapter 25 Through the Forest Primeval
Chapter 26 The Passing of the Ape-Man
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 24 in Tarzan. (standard series)
Preceded by Tarzan of the Apes, and followed by The Beasts of Tarzan.
This book is in Halcyon Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1913
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 256
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1913
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 256
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.52
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Project Gutenberg: Free e-book
- Librivox: Free audio book read by Ralph Snelson (Total running time: 9:11:06)
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