Cambridge, England:
1905. Jane Porter is hardly a typical
woman of her time. The only female
student in Cambridge University’s medical program, she is far more comfortable
in a lab coat, dissecting corpses, than she is in a corset and gown, sipping
afternoon tea. A budding
paleoanthropologist, Jane dreams of traveling the globe in search of fossils
that will prove the evolutionary theories of her scientific hero, Charles
Darwin.
When dashing American explorer
Ral Conrath invites Jane and her father on an expedition deep into West Africa,
she can hardly believe her luck. Rising
to the challenge, Jane finds in Africa that is every bit exotic and fascinating
as she has always imagined. But she
quickly learns that the lush jungle is full of secrets—and so is Ral
Conrath. When danger strikes, Jane
finds her hero, the key to humanity’s past, and an all-consuming love in one
extraordinary man: Tarzan of the Apes.
Jane is the first version of the Tarzan story written by a
woman and authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate. Its 2012 publication will mark the
centennial of the publications of the original Tarzan of the Apes.
3/5 stars (liked it)
Having never read any Tarzan
book and the only movie I have seen is Disney’s version of Tarzan I really did
not know what to expect. I like that
the story is told from Jane’s point of view rather than Tarzan. Although we do find out how Tarzan got where
he was through his father’s journals. Jane
taught Tarzan how to speak and he in turn taught her his own language. Also the “apes” that raise Tarzan are the
missing link in the evolutionary world and that makes a lot more sense than him
being raised by actual apes. The ending
left me hanging a little bit as things were not explained. I am hoping for some sort of follow up book
to tell us what happened after Jane left Africa.
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