Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Ballantine Books (New York, 1963). Ballantine edition, 2nd printing. 158 pages. $0.50.
Description
Classic Literature. Fantasy. Fiction. HTML: Kidnapping, rites of passage, mystical treasures, the lost city of Atlantis�??Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, the fifth book-length entry in the Tarzan series, is brimming with the kind of fast-paced excitement that will engage every reader's imagination. A must-read for true action and adventure fans.
User reviews
LibraryThing member andyray
Burroughs uses formulaeic plots too mujch for my comfort, but read anything he writes once in awhile and yoiiu will be glad you did. He uses an active voice and pinball machine-like twists and turns, and can paint characterization in a chiaroscuric manner such as the Belgian Werper in this book.
LibraryThing member Spyderman58
This one was a bit of a let down at the beginning. I had just read the Son of Tarzan and found it amazing. So this one seemed to struggle a bit at the beginning. By the last 1/3 of the book, I could not put it down. Another great read from ERB.
LibraryThing member nx74defiant
Tarzan is injured and loses his memory. Poor Jane is captured, escapes, captured, escapes over and over.
LibraryThing member gothamajp
You couldn’t find a finer collection of Tarzan cliches than in this tale - it’s got everything: lost cities dripping in treasure ruled by a beautiful priestess, gangs of marauding slave traders, duplicitous foreigners, an amnesiac Tarzan reverting to full on ape-man mode, Jane being a serial
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kidnap victim, and jungle treks and battles galore. It’s a mess of too many interwoven sub-plots and ridiculously implausible coincidences - yet it was still a fun summer read. Pure pulp adventure. Show Less
LibraryThing member AliceAnna
Not nearly as good as some of his earlier Tarzan books. The plot felt very repetitive as it mainly consisted of different factions chasing each other back and forth ad nauseum. I'm working through all of the Tarzan books, but if this is representative of his later works, I may not make it.
LibraryThing member kslade
One of the better Tarzan novels with a lost civilization.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1916-11-16
1918-04-20
Physical description
158 p.; 7.8 inches