Jane
The Woman Who Loved Tarzan
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4.7 • 12 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
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 to join an expedition deep into West Africa, she can hardly believe her luck. Africa is every bit as exotic and fascinating as she has always imagined, but Jane 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 publication marks the centennial of the original Tarzan of the Apes.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
On a scientific expedition with her father into the rainforests of Gabon, Africa, paleoanthropology student Jane Porter is rescued from a leopard attack and nursed back to health by Tarzan, a remarkable (and remarkably attractive) wild man. The story beautifully captures Jane and Tarzan's powerful yet na ve attraction and Jane's wonder and joy as she explores the jungle by Tarzan's side. Maxwell's reimagining, authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate, makes smart changes from the original: caricatured cannibals are replaced by the more complex Waziri tribe of later Tarzan novels, whose hidden treasure motivates some formidable European villains. Unfortunately, the early chapters hammer home the spunky heroine clich s: Jane is an atheist, a spinster at age 20, and prone to quarreling with her mother about split skirts. Given that she also fights enraged elephants and treks deep into the jungle, Maxwell's Jane is so obviously heroic and feminist that the usual tropes are hilariously unnecessary.
Customer Reviews
More romance than a the rest of the books
I love what Robin has done with the book. I love that she took the original story and turned it into a Romance. So much Exotic and Erotic tension.
Faithful Rendition
This book remained faithful to the spirit and content of the E. R. Burroughs originals while telling a totally unique rendition of those tales. I like that she was narrating the story to a young Burroughs and gave him license to change the story as he saw fit. A nice detail that made differences in the stories even more palatable.