Tarzan the Magnificent

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Tarzan encounters a lost race with uncanny mental powers, after which he revisits the lost cities of Cathne and Athne, previously encountered in the earlier novel Tarzan and the City of Gold. As usual, he is backed up by Chief Muviro and his faithful Waziri warriors.

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First half was very good. Second half was repetitious. But even not-so-great ERB is better than most other adventure writers.
Two tribes of frightful warrior women, the Kaji and the Zuli, war with one another for possession of the men they lure into slavery. Their mysterious hypnotic power comes from the magnificent gems they worship – an emerald and a diamond, each as big as a human head. Will the Lord of the Jungle be immune to the strange power of the Kaji and the Zuli?
Two connected novellas make up an exciting Tarzan adventure. The first novella brings him to warring tribes of warrior women, each tribe with their own wizard. In the 2nd, Tarzan returns to the warring cities of Athne & Cathne.
Tarzan attempts to find the daughter of a long-dead explorer, and makes his way to two tribes of warrior women, who lure men into slavery with the hypnotic power of a gigantic emerald and diamond that the two tribes control.
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At least Jane was mentioned, if not by name.
Afrika, ca 1920
En hvid mand ved navn Stewart Wood bliver reddet af Tarzan et sted i Afrika på ca 5 graders nordlig bredde. Wood er journalist og lever godt af at skrive om sine ekspeditioner, men uden mad og drikke var han på vej til at blive mad for Ska - gribben - og Numa - løven. Wood var i selskab med tre andre hvide, Bob van Eyk, Spike og Troll, men de er stadig fanger. Tarzan er på vej nordpå for at undersøge et rygte om at en europæisk magt er ved at puste liv i et oprør vha bestikkelse. Han har fundet et brev afsendt af Lord Mountford for 20 år siden, hvor denne beder om hjælp til sig og sin datter, der er fanget af en stamme Kaji-kvinderne. Hans kone, Lady Mountford, blev dræbt af Kaji-kvinderne, fordi hun ikke show more fødte en søn. Kaji-kvinderne har magiske kræfter, som knytter sig til en enorm diamant, som Mountford anslår til at være dobbelt så stor som Cullinan-diamanten. Kaji-kvinderne er ledet af en troldmand ved navn Mafka og Mountfords datter, Gonfala, er nu voksen og oplært af ham.
Kaji-stammen er i krig med en anden stamme Zuli'erne, der ledes af Woora, som er bror til Mafka. Zuli'erne har en stor smaragd med tilsvarende kræfter som Kaji'ernes diamant. Oprindeligt var der kun en stamme og den havde begge sten, men Woora huggede smaragden og gjorde oprør mod Mafka. Tilsammen har de to sten meget større magt end hver for sig, så de to stammer bekriger hinanden for at få fat i den anden stammes sten.
Tarzan forsøger at hjælpe Wood til at flygte, men diamantens kraft tvinger Wood tilbage. Da Tarzan følger efter, bliver Tarzan taget til fange af zulier og puttet i en celle i Wooras palads. Hans tilfangetager Lord bliver også puttet i cellen, fordi han var så dum at tro at Tarzan var en Kaji. Tarzan flygter og dræber Wooras leopard. Woora fanger ham igen og vil lemlæste ham, men Lord er også sluppet ud af cellen og dræber Woora. Tarzan har taget smaragden og det giver ham magt over zulierne. Han sender kvinderne hjem og tager mændene med for at angribe Kajierne og befri hans venner. Smaragden giver dog kun magt, når man holder ved den, så da han falder i søvn, snupper Lord stenen og flygter. Tarzan følger efter, men falder i en dyrefælde, som Kajierne har lavet. Han bliver stedt for Mafka, der ligner Woora lige på en prik og er næsten lige så led, men han nøjes dog med at spærre Tarzan inde i et værelse med vagt for døren. Tarzan opdager at et falsk ildsted har forbindelse til Gonfala's værelse og aflægger hende et besøg. Hun skifter pludseligt væsen og tilkalder vagten.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875, in Chicago. His father, George Tyler was a distiller and a battery manufacturer. Early in life Burroughs attempted to support his family in a variety of occupations, including railroad policeman, business partner, and miner. None of these proved successful. However, Burroughs had always enjoyed show more reading adventure fiction and decided to try his hand at writing. His first attempt, written under the pseudonym Normal Bean, sold very quickly and Burroughs' career took off. Although critics and educators have not always been supportive of Burroughs' writing, the characters in his stories have entertained readers for many years. Tarzan was the most popular, earning Burroughs enough money to start his own publishing house and a motion picture company. Another character, John Carter, is the hero of Burroughs' Mars adventure series. The continuing popularity of these characters has led some critics to reconsider the value of Burroughs' writing and to acknowledge significant themes in his stories. Burroughs died on March 19, 1950. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Tarzan the Magnificent
Original title
Tarzan the Magnificent
Original publication date
1936-09-19; 1939-09-25
People/Characters
Tarzan; Stanley Wood; Robert van Eyk; Queen Gonfala
Important places
Valley of Onthar; Cathne (City of Gold); Athne (City of Ivory); Valley of Thenar
Epigraph
[None]
Dedication
To Cyril Ralph Rothmund
First words
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"You and Gonfala should be well equipped with wealth when you return to civilization—you should have enough to get you into a great deal of trouble and keep you there all the rest of your lives."
Original language*
English
Disambiguation notice
Originally published as two separate stories serialized in different pulp magazines; "Tarzan and the Magic Men" in Argosy from September to October, 1936, and "Tarzan and the Elephant Men" in Blue Book from November 1937 to J... (show all)anuary 1938.
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Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
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PS3503 .U798Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1900-1960
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