"Tarzan of the Apes" is the first book of the enormously popular twenty-four volume Tarzan series of novels by adventure fiction writer Edgar Rice Burroughs.

In this book, we meet the ape-man Tarzan, who was born to a marooned pair of English aristocrats in West Africa and raised by a family of gorillas. As he grows older, Tarzan becomes a fierce and powerful warrior, eventually rising to become King of the Apes, little dreaming that he is actually Lord Greystoke, heir to his father's great fortune. When a group of white explorers is stranded on the coast, Tarzan steps in to help them and meets Jane Porter - an American woman - and the current Lord Greystoke, Tarzan's cousin. When Tarzan becomes smitten with Jane, the stage is set: Will Tarzan discover his true identity, reclaim his title and fortune and marry his new love?

Tarzan is among the most popular fictional characters in all of literature and his tales have been adapted into dozens of animated and live-action films as well as television and radio series and comic books.

"Tarzan of the Apes" is presented here in its original and unabridged format.