Tarzan the Terrible
Tarzan the Terrible was published in 1921 and continues directly from Tarzan the Untamed. Jane is now confirmed to be alive but has been taken captive into a previously unexplored region of central Africa. Tarzan tracks her into the lost land of Pal-ul-don, populated by two related humanoid species with tails: the smaller white-skinned Ho-don and the taller black-skinned Waz-don, who have been in a long mutual war.
The lost-world setting is one of Burroughs’s most fully developed. Pal-ul-don has its own language, religion, geography, and prehistoric fauna. Tarzan gains the local name Tarzan-jad-guru, meaning Tarzan the Terrible. The book is essentially divided between Tarzan’s quest to find Jane and a complex political plot involving the High Priest Lu-don and the rightful religious authority. Korak appears in the late chapters to assist his father. As lost-world adventures go, this is one of the more anthropologically detailed Burroughs ever wrote. Best read directly after Untamed.
About the Author
Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in 1875 in Chicago into a comfortable family, and spent his early adult years trying and failing at one career after another. He attended a military academy briefly. He served in the United States Cavalry in Arizona Territory. He worked…
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Tarzan the Terrible (1921) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01 - The Pithecanthropus | 25:48 | |
| 2 | 02 - "To the Death" | 26:16 | |
| 3 | 03 - Pan-at-lee | 24:56 | |
| 4 | 04 - Tarzan-jad-guru | 20:59 | |
| 5 | 05 - In the Kor-ul-gryf | 26:52 | |
| 6 | 06 - The Tor-o-don | 28:22 | |
| 7 | 07 - Jungle Craft | 21:01 | |
| 8 | 08 - A-lur | 24:01 | |
| 9 | 09 - Blood-Stained Altars | 19:37 | |
| 10 | 10 - The Forbidden Garden | 22:28 | |
| 11 | 11 - The Sentence of Death | 20:56 | |
| 12 | 12 - The Giant Stranger | 20:27 | |
| 13 | 13 - The Masquerader | 19:48 | |
| 14 | 14 - The Temple of the Gryf | 24:29 | |
| 15 | 15 - "The King Is Dead!" | 21:56 | |
| 16 | 16 - The Secret Way | 16:36 | |
| 17 | 17 - By Jad-bal-lul | 22:56 | |
| 18 | 18 - The Lion Pit of Tu-lur | 21:49 | |
| 19 | 19 - Diana of the Jungle | 21:08 | |
| 20 | 20 - Silently in the Night | 24:40 | |
| 21 | 21 - The Maniac | 26:25 | |
| 22 | 22 - A Journey on a Gryf | 19:06 | |
| 23 | 23 - Taken Alive | 20:24 | |
| 24 | 24 - The Messenger of Death | 19:45 | |
| 25 | 25 - Home | 8:40 |
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