![]() ![]() ![]() So, if you’re a curious reader, it’s well worth suspending your outrage and diving into this world-famous tale. This book, and the two dozen sequels that followed, are considered literary classics, and they’ve been adapted more than any other book in history. ![]() Plus, sexism runs rife in his early descriptions of Tarzan’s on-again, off-again girlfriend, Jane.īut, if you’re willing to grit your teeth and explore the story that inspired countless further novels, comics, and movies, Tarzan and the Apes still makes for a fascinating read. ![]() The author’s portrayal of native Africans and his perception of white superiority are hard to ignore. So much so that it raised eyebrows among readers even back in the early nineteen hundreds. Unlike Disney’s memorable movie adaptation, the original story contains a pretty jaw-dropping amount of stereotypical racist and sexist themes. Burroughs’ novel was published way back in 1914, and boy, can you tell. It tells the tale of an orphaned boy who is taken in and raised by apes in the jungles of Africa, and it’s become one of the most famous stories of the 20th and 21st centuries worldwideīut brace yourselves. Tarzan of the Apes was the first book in a series of 24 adventure novels by American author Edgar Rice Burroughs ![]()
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