Burroughs’ adventure in the jungle remains one of the most famous and most-adapted (and imitated) stories ever written. Who hasn’t imagined what it might be like to step outside of civilization and become as one with nature as possible? Tarzan, orphaned in the jungle of Africa and literally raised by Apes, rises to become king of the beasts while learning about his English heritage—a story brimming with blood, violence, and the thrilling idea that a hidden world awaits.