description Tarzan the Untamed Overview
Tarzan the Untamed is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs and the seventh book in the Tarzan series. It combines material first published in the 1919 and 1920 magazine serials and places Tarzan in Africa during the First World War, after he believes Jane has been killed. The story uses jungle pursuit, captivity, and combat with German forces as parts of its adventure plot, reflecting the wartime anti-German perspective common in popular fiction of its period.
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Which Tarzan book is Tarzan the Untamed?
Tarzan the Untamed is the seventh book in Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan series. Its source material first appeared in magazine serials published in 1919 and 1920.
Where is Tarzan the Untamed set?
The story places Tarzan in Africa during the First World War. Its setting combines the Tarzan adventure landscape with the wider conflict of World War I.
Why does Tarzan become especially violent in Tarzan the Untamed?
Tarzan believes that Jane has been killed, which drives the novel's darker emotional direction. His grief and pursuit of revenge shape the action in wartime Africa.
Is Tarzan the Untamed a direct follow-up to an earlier Tarzan novel?
It continues the Tarzan series as its seventh novel and follows the character through a wartime crisis. The story is especially notable for the belief that Jane has died, which changes Tarzan's motivation.
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