Tarzan of the Apes

Tarzan of the Apes

People (in order of appearance)

John Clayton Lord Greystoke, emissary to Africa

Alice Clayton Lady Alice (Rutherford), his wife

Billings Fuwalda Captain, murdered by mutineers

Black Michael Fuwalda chief mutineer, maroons Claytons

TARZAN ("white skin") Claytons' orphan, adopted son of Kala

Mbonga king of the cannibals

Kulonga Mbonga's son

Archimedes Q. Porter Professor from Baltimore MD

Jane Porter his daughter

Samuel T. Philander his secretary and assistant

William Cecil Clayton Tarzan's cousin, suitor of Jane Porter

Esmeralda maid to the Porters

Hazel Strong Jane's friend in Baltimore

Snipes rat-faced chief mutineer from the Arrow

King Arrow chief mutineer murdered by Snipes

Tarrant mutineer from the Arrow

Paul d'Arnot Lieutenant in the French navy

Charpentier Lieutenant in the French navy

Dufranne Captain in the French navy

Father Constantine French missionary in Africa

Monsieur Desquerc absent fingerprint expert

Robert Canler Jane's unwanted suitor, her father's creditor

Tobey Prof. Porter's factotum, Esmeralda's beau

Rev. Mr. Trousley Wisconsin minister

Apes

Kerchak King of the ape tribe of baby Tarzan

Tublat ape chief after Kerchak

Kala youngest mate of Tublat, Tarzan's mom

Terkoz son of Tublat, post-Tarzan chief, exiled

Neeta young ape previously drowned

Summary — Book Blurb
New York: Ballantine Books

Deep in the savage African jungle, the baby Tarzan was raised by a fierce she-ape of the tribe of Kerchak. There he had to learn the secrets of the wild to survive—how to talk with animals, swing through the 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 men entered his jungle, bringing with them the wanton savagery of civilized greed and lust—and bringing also the first white woman Tarzan had ever seen. Now suddenly, Tarzan had to choose between two worlds.

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I Out to Sea

John, Lord Greystoke, and Lady Alice sail from Dover for Africa, May 1888. Nine months later they board the Fuwalda at Freetown headed for British West Africa. Conditions are laid for mutiny; the Claytons keep to their cabin.

II The Savage Home

Next day the Fuwalda's officers are killed. Five days later Black Michael put the Claytons ashore. They build a temporary shelter in a tree and begin constructing a log cabin 100 yards from shore. At bedtime they see some sort of man-beast.

III Life and Death

After two months work the cabin is habitable. Alice shoots the man-beast after it attacks John. Then she goes balmy. Their baby is born; a year later Alice dies. John despairs.

IV The Apes

Kerchak, in a rage, causes Kala's baby to fall to its death. He leads the apes to the cabin and kills Clayton. Kala grabs their baby, leaving the corpse of her own in its crib. Kerchak fires the rifle and all flee.

V The White Ape

Tublat hates the baby, but Kala keeps him. By age 10 he's an excellent climber and more clever than his fellows. But Tarzan feels his inferiority (lack of hair, small chin). Threatened by a lioness, he learns to swim. He makes a grass rope and uses it to capture animals.

VI Jungle Battles

Tarzan enters the cabin, finds the alphabet book and hunting knife. With the knife he kills a gorilla. Tublat and Kerchak refuse to help him. Kala nurses the badly injured boy.

VII The Light of Knowledge

Looking at a primer back in the cabin, Tarzan finds the word "boy" associated with pictures which look like him. He slowly learns to read these "bugs." By age 12 he can write. Tublat goes crazy during the Dum-Dum, Tarzan (age 13) kills him with his knife.

VIII The Tree-top Hunter

The pictures of clothed men, and enduring a terrible storm, convince Tarzan to hunt Tabor for her skin. He tries, but she escapes his rope.

IX Man and Man

Kulonga kills Kala with a poisoned arrow. When he recovers from his grief Tarzan follows Kulonga and overtrakes him as he is about to shoot at a boar. Tarzan watches as he butchers and cooks the meat. Tarzan steals the bow and arrows, then follows Kulonga to his village where he kills, but is unable to eat, him.

X The Fear-Phantom

Tarzan spies on the village and sees a woman making poisoned arrows. While the tribe rushes to view Kulonga's corpse, he drops down and arranges weapons, a skull and Kulonga's adornments as a joke, then takes the poisoned arrows.

XI "King of the Apes"

Tarzan finds his father's photo, locket and diary (in French). He returns to the village for more arrows, sees the cannibals with a victim. He kills Sabor with an arrow. Kerchak is jealous. Tarzan kills Kerchak and becomes king.

XII Man's Reason

Tarzan moves the tribe inland but returns monthly to the cabin and to get more arrows. He defeats Terkoz but spares him. He leaves the tribe finally and returns to the cabin.

XIII His Own Kind

Tarzan shaves with his knife to avoid looking like an ape. He hauls the hindmost of three natives into a tree and takes his breechcloth; he uses the body to play another trick on Mbonga's village (they think he's a god). At the cabin he sees white men from the Arrow, posts a note on the door laying claim to the cabin. He saves Clayton from being shot. Clayton leaves Jane and Esmeralda at the cabin while he searches for Porter and Philander.

XIV At the Mercy of the Jungle

Clayton, lost in the jungle, is stalked by a lion. Tarzan saves him and leads him back to the cabin. The girls are being threatened by a lioness.

XV The Forest God

Tarzan carries Clayton piggyback to the cabin and kills the lioness.

XVI "Most Remarkable"

Tarzan returns Porter and Philander to the cabin.

XVII Burials

The party concludes the skeletons in the cabin are the Greystokes; Tarzan watches the burial, then watches as the crew buries Porter's treasure chest and Snipes. He reburies the chest at the Dum-Dum site. Tarzan is in love with Jane.

XVIII The Jungle Toll

Jane's letter to Hazel tells of Spanish gold from 1550, her love of Clayton and fascination with the ape-man (who she doesn't know as Tarzan). He brings them food every day. He writes her a love note. She is hauled away by a gorilla, apparently.

XIX The Call of the Primitive

Exiled by his tribe, Terkoz is Jane's captor. Tarzan tracks and kills him. Tarzan's embrace of Jane is repulsed. A French cruiser responds to Clayton's signal pyre; a search party is organized.

XX Heredity

Tarzan carries Jane to the Dum-Dum arena. After a day and night of embraces, he returns her to the cabin, then rushes off in response to shots heard from the forest.

XXI The Village of Torture

Mbonga's people wound 12 and kill 4 of the search party; they take D'Arnot to their village for dinner. Tarzan hauls one of the torturers into a tree then frees the victim.

XXII The Search Party

Jane, Porter and Clayton are reunited. Charpentier leads a force of 200 to destroy the village. Clayton and Jane argue over Tarzan.

XXIII Brother Men

Tarzan writes a note for D'Arnot. They exchange written information. Tarzan learns to speak (French). They return to find the cabin deserted. Tarzan leaves in despair, then returns; D'Arnot fires at him by mistake.

XXIV Lost Treasure

Speculation about whether Tarzan is one of the cannibals. The party searches for the treasure, gives up, sails away.

XXV The Outpost of the World

Nursed by D'Arnot, Tarzan reads Jane's letter saying she belongs to another. He decides to go to America. D'Arnot reads Tarzan's diary. Tarzan doesn't believe he's Greystoke (that would have been the skeletal baby). After a long trek they meet the priest at a French Mission.

XXVI The Height of Civilization

Tarzan is fully 'civilized' after a month in a port town. He accepts a wager to hunt Numa, thus escaping civilization for a while. He and D'Arnot charter a boat to bring back the buried treasure then head for Lyons. D'Arnot tricks Tarzan into a set of his fingerprints. It will take two weeks for an expert to see if they match those in the diary.

XXVII The Giant Again

In Baltimore Canler will forgive Porter's debt if Jane will marry him. She leaves for her farm in Wisconsin. Tarzan arrives and tells of a forest fire. Jane is out for a walk. Tarzan rescues her and learns of her promise to marry Canler.

XXVIII Conclusion

Tarzan is revealed as himself to all in Jane's party. Canler arrives with a minister but releases Jane from her promise when Tarzan threatens to strangle him. He tells Porter the treasure is safe. Philander announces the baby skeleton was that of an ape. D'Arnot's telegram announces Tarzan is Greystoke. Jane, apparently, will marry William Cecil Clayton (but 'stay tuned').

People		(in order of appearance)
John Clayton		Lord Greystoke, emissary to Africa
Alice Clayton		Lady Alice (Rutherford), his wife
Billings		Fuwalda Captain, murdered by mutineers
Black Michael		Fuwalda chief mutineer, maroons Claytons
TARZAN ("white skin")		Claytons' orphan, adopted son of Kala
Mbonga		king of the cannibals
Kulonga		Mbonga's son
Archimedes Q. Porter		Professor from Baltimore MD
Jane Porter		his daughter
Samuel T. Philander		his secretary and assistant
William Cecil Clayton		Tarzan's cousin, suitor of Jane Porter
Esmeralda		maid to the Porters
Hazel Strong		Jane's friend in Baltimore
Snipes		rat-faced chief mutineer from the Arrow
King		Arrow chief mutineer murdered by Snipes
Tarrant		mutineer from the Arrow
Paul d'Arnot		Lieutenant in the French navy
Charpentier		Lieutenant in the French navy
Dufranne		Captain in the French navy
Father Constantine		French missionary in Africa
Monsieur Desquerc		absent fingerprint expert
Robert Canler		Jane's unwanted suitor, her father's creditor
Tobey		Prof. Porter's factotum, Esmeralda's beau
Rev. Mr. Trousley		Wisconsin minister
Apes
Kerchak		King of the ape tribe of baby Tarzan
Tublat		ape chief after Kerchak
Kala		youngest mate of Tublat, Tarzan's mom
Terkoz		son of Tublat, post-Tarzan chief, exiled
Neeta		young ape previously drowned

Summary — Book Blurb New York: Ballantine Books		Deep in the savage African jungle, the baby Tarzan was raised by a fierce she-ape of the tribe of Kerchak. There he had to learn the secrets of the wild to survive—how to talk with animals, swing through the 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 men entered his jungle, bringing with them the wanton savagery of civilized greed and lust—and bringing also the first white woman Tarzan had ever seen. Now suddenly, Tarzan had to choose between two worlds.

Chapters		these are clickable from On-line Books
I		Out to Sea
		John, Lord Greystoke, and Lady Alice sail from Dover for Africa, May 1888. Nine months later they board the Fuwalda at Freetown headed for British West Africa. Conditions are laid for mutiny; the Claytons keep to their cabin.
II		The Savage Home
		Next day the Fuwalda's officers are killed. Five days later Black Michael put the Claytons ashore. They build a temporary shelter in a tree and begin constructing a log cabin 100 yards from shore. At bedtime they see some sort of man-beast.
III		Life and Death
		After two months work the cabin is habitable. Alice shoots the man-beast after it attacks John. Then she goes balmy. Their baby is born; a year later Alice dies. John despairs.
IV		The Apes
		Kerchak, in a rage, causes Kala's baby to fall to its death. He leads the apes to the cabin and kills Clayton. Kala grabs their baby, leaving the corpse of her own in its crib. Kerchak fires the rifle and all flee.
V		The White Ape
		Tublat hates the baby, but Kala keeps him. By age 10 he's an excellent climber and more clever than his fellows. But Tarzan feels his inferiority (lack of hair, small chin). Threatened by a lioness, he learns to swim. He makes a grass rope and uses it to capture animals.
VI		Jungle Battles
		Tarzan enters the cabin, finds the alphabet book and hunting knife. With the knife he kills a gorilla. Tublat and Kerchak refuse to help him. Kala nurses the badly injured boy.
VII		The Light of Knowledge
		Looking at a primer back in the cabin, Tarzan finds the word "boy" associated with pictures which look like him. He slowly learns to read these "bugs." By age 12 he can write. Tublat goes crazy during the Dum-Dum, Tarzan (age 13) kills him with his knife.
VIII		The Tree-top Hunter
		The pictures of clothed men, and enduring a terrible storm, convince Tarzan to hunt Tabor for her skin. He tries, but she escapes his rope.
IX		Man and Man
		Kulonga kills Kala with a poisoned arrow. When he recovers from his grief Tarzan follows Kulonga and overtrakes him as he is about to shoot at a boar. Tarzan watches as he butchers and cooks the meat. Tarzan steals the bow and arrows, then follows Kulonga to his village where he kills, but is unable to eat, him.
X		The Fear-Phantom
		Tarzan spies on the village and sees a woman making poisoned arrows. While the tribe rushes to view Kulonga's corpse, he drops down and arranges weapons, a skull and Kulonga's adornments as a joke, then takes the poisoned arrows.
XI		"King of the Apes"
		Tarzan finds his father's photo, locket and diary (in French). He returns to the village for more arrows, sees the cannibals with a victim. He kills Sabor with an arrow. Kerchak is jealous. Tarzan kills Kerchak and becomes king.
XII		Man's Reason
		Tarzan moves the tribe inland but returns monthly to the cabin and to get more arrows. He defeats Terkoz but spares him. He leaves the tribe finally and returns to the cabin.
XIII		His Own Kind
		Tarzan shaves with his knife to avoid looking like an ape. He hauls the hindmost of three natives into a tree and takes his breechcloth; he uses the body to play another trick on Mbonga's village (they think he's a god). At the cabin he sees white men from the Arrow, posts a note on the door laying claim to the cabin. He saves Clayton from being shot. Clayton leaves Jane and Esmeralda at the cabin while he searches for Porter and Philander.
XIV		At the Mercy of the Jungle
		Clayton, lost in the jungle, is stalked by a lion. Tarzan saves him and leads him back to the cabin. The girls are being threatened by a lioness.
XV		The Forest God
		Tarzan carries Clayton piggyback to the cabin and kills the lioness.
XVI		"Most Remarkable"
		Tarzan returns Porter and Philander to the cabin.
XVII		Burials
		The party concludes the skeletons in the cabin are the Greystokes; Tarzan watches the burial, then watches as the crew buries Porter's treasure chest and Snipes. He reburies the chest at the Dum-Dum site. Tarzan is in love with Jane.
XVIII		The Jungle Toll
		Jane's letter to Hazel tells of Spanish gold from 1550, her love of Clayton and fascination with the ape-man (who she doesn't know as Tarzan). He brings them food every day. He writes her a love note. She is hauled away by a gorilla, apparently.
XIX		The Call of the Primitive
		Exiled by his tribe, Terkoz is Jane's captor. Tarzan tracks and kills him. Tarzan's embrace of Jane is repulsed. A French cruiser responds to Clayton's signal pyre; a search party is organized.
XX		Heredity
		Tarzan carries Jane to the Dum-Dum arena. After a day and night of embraces, he returns her to the cabin, then rushes off in response to shots heard from the forest.
XXI		The Village of Torture
		Mbonga's people wound 12 and kill 4 of the search party; they take D'Arnot to their village for dinner. Tarzan hauls one of the torturers into a tree then frees the victim.
XXII		The Search Party
		Jane, Porter and Clayton are reunited. Charpentier leads a force of 200 to destroy the village. Clayton and Jane argue over Tarzan.
XXIII		Brother Men
		Tarzan writes a note for D'Arnot. They exchange written information. Tarzan learns to speak (French). They return to find the cabin deserted. Tarzan leaves in despair, then returns; D'Arnot fires at him by mistake.
XXIV		Lost Treasure
		Speculation about whether Tarzan is one of the cannibals. The party searches for the treasure, gives up, sails away.
XXV		The Outpost of the World
		Nursed by D'Arnot, Tarzan reads Jane's letter saying she belongs to another. He decides to go to America. D'Arnot reads Tarzan's diary. Tarzan doesn't believe he's Greystoke (that would have been the skeletal baby). After a long trek they meet the priest at a French Mission.
XXVI		The Height of Civilization
		Tarzan is fully 'civilized' after a month in a port town. He accepts a wager to hunt Numa, thus escaping civilization for a while. He and D'Arnot charter a boat to bring back the buried treasure then head for Lyons. D'Arnot tricks Tarzan into a set of his fingerprints. It will take two weeks for an expert to see if they match those in the diary.
XXVII		The Giant Again
		In Baltimore Canler will forgive Porter's debt if Jane will marry him. She leaves for her farm in Wisconsin. Tarzan arrives and tells of a forest fire. Jane is out for a walk. Tarzan rescues her and learns of her promise to marry Canler.
XXVIII		Conclusion
		Tarzan is revealed as himself to all in Jane's party. Canler arrives with a minister but releases Jane from her promise when Tarzan threatens to strangle him. He tells Porter the treasure is safe. Philander announces the baby skeleton was that of an ape. D'Arnot's telegram announces Tarzan is Greystoke. Jane, apparently, will marry William Cecil Clayton (but 'stay tuned').

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