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silviamadrisa 's review for:
Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Like many of the other reviewers, I was surprised at how much I liked this book. For its genre, the writing is excellent. It is fast-paced, evocative,and dramatic. I was drawn in immediately.
I'm actually reading this book to my partner at bedtime each night. Not every book reads well out loud, but this one does.
Clearly, the book was written in another era that was unconscious about issues like white supremacy and colonization. While understanding the historical context, it still leaves me uneasy with the realization that this book would be offensive to Black people, who are depicted as "savages", in contrast to Tarzan, who is at the same time the ape-man and also the noble Lord Greystoke.
The book is a classic, not because it's high literature, but because it's a rolicking good adventure. It also has had a major cultural impact, particularly, as an earlier reviewer pointed out, on Hollywood.
This book is inspiring me to return to some of the other classic adventure stories that I haven't read for decades.
I'm actually reading this book to my partner at bedtime each night. Not every book reads well out loud, but this one does.
Clearly, the book was written in another era that was unconscious about issues like white supremacy and colonization. While understanding the historical context, it still leaves me uneasy with the realization that this book would be offensive to Black people, who are depicted as "savages", in contrast to Tarzan, who is at the same time the ape-man and also the noble Lord Greystoke.
The book is a classic, not because it's high literature, but because it's a rolicking good adventure. It also has had a major cultural impact, particularly, as an earlier reviewer pointed out, on Hollywood.
This book is inspiring me to return to some of the other classic adventure stories that I haven't read for decades.