Tarzan of the Apes
Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 9781417748587 Pages: 288 Description: Pulp fiction at its best. I went in with low expectations and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. It's pulp fiction, but it's good pulp: a fun romp and so very very silly. Burroughs buys into all the prejudices of his time, but it's tough to blame him for being merely mortal. Ignore it. He's no worse than JM Barrie or Kipling. I've shelved it under Fantasy, and that's what it is. There may be no Middle Earth or magic, but a novel where a child brought up among apes learns to...
May 1, 2019