Tarzan of the Apes has some pulpy fun -- at least, I remember enjoying it at many parts -- but nothing so outstanding that it stuck with me later. What I remember instead is 1) Animals Don't Work Like That, Edgar, 2) Language Learning Doesn't Work Like That Either, Edgar, and most jarringly of all 3) the massive and gratuitous racism. Black people really, really, really don't work like that, Edgar.
Unless you have a deep intellectual interest in reading the book that sparked a zillion adaptations and named a trope, I'd stick with Barsoom for Burroughs writing. Barsoom isn't perfect by a long shot, but it isn't Tarzan of the Apes.
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Unless you have a deep intellectual interest in reading the book that sparked a zillion adaptations and named a trope, I'd stick with Barsoom for Burroughs writing. Barsoom isn't perfect by a long shot, but it isn't Tarzan of the Apes.