Related works by Burroughs The Eternal Lover and The Mad King (1914–15, 1925, 1926) Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins (1927/1936) Tarzan: The Lost Adventure (1995).
Main books Tarzan of the Apes (1912) The Return of Tarzan (1913) The Beasts of Tarzan (1914) The Son of Tarzan (1915–1916) Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916) Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1916–1917) Tarzan the Untamed (1919–1920) Tarzan the Terrible (1921) Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1922–1923) Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924) Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1927–1928) Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1928–1929) Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1929–1930) Tarzan the Invincible (1930–1931) Tarzan Triumphant (1931–1932) Tarzan and the City of Gold (1932) Tarzan and the Lion Man (1933–1934) Tarzan and the Leopard Men (1932–1933) Tarzan's Quest (1935–1936) Tarzan and the Forbidden City (1938) Tarzan the Magnificent (1936–1938) Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (1947) Tarzan and the Madman (1964) Tarzan and the Castaways (1965).Tarzan's new adventures follow the successful launch of Charlie Higson's Young Bond series in 2005 by Puffin, and the first outing this month for a 14-year-old Sherlock Holmes in Andrew Lane's Death Cloud.
It's the same action adventure but with a more modern storyline, and hopefully feels fresh and new." "I think fans of the original books will be pleased – I'm not just straying off and doing something completely different, it's a nod to the original. "I didn't want to steamroll all over classic characters," said Briggs. But as she goes deeper into the jungle, she sees its beauty." The first book in the new series, Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy, willīe published by Faber & Faber in 2011, followed by the second in 2012, during official Tarzan centenary celebrations. She's had a very hard life but she's been brought up with technology – she's part of the Facebook generation, she owns an iPod. Not physically - she's not jungle savvy - but I wanted her to be a tough kid. "I wanted her to be tough, to be Tarzan's equal. "The original Jane is a classic character, but she's not a modern woman," said Briggs.
Set in and around the Congo, the Tarzan of the new books will be aged around 17 or 18, while Jane, whose father is part of an illegal logging expedition, gets lost in the jungle at around 14 years old. "He was the first eco-warrior, and I wanted to hold on to that." "I think now more than ever Tarzan is a relevant character," he said this morning. Briggs, a long-time fan of Tarzan, believes the character is ripe for a reboot. By Andy Briggs, author of the and books, the series is promising to "bring Tarzan the Eco Warrior to the PlayStation generation" as an "edgier and more feral" character. Now the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate has backed a new children's series about the bare-chested hero, set in modern Africa and aimed at nine to 11-year-olds.
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