# Tarzan of the Apes — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [Tarzan of the Apes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/tarzan-of-the-apes.md): The chapter introduces the infant Tarzan, born to Lord and Lady Greystoke on a remote African coast after a mutiny. Following the death of his parents, the infant is adopted by the ape Kala, who raises him among the mang
- [Out to Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/i-out-to-sea.md): John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, and his wife Lady Alice sail from Freetown aboard the Fuwalda, a brutal ship with a vicious captain and crew. After Clayton intervenes to stop the captain from killing a sailor, tensions esc
- [The Savage Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/ii-the-savage-home.md): John and Lady Alice Clayton are forced ashore by Black Michael and his mutinous crew on a wild, uninhabited coast. They build a tree-platform shelter for protection against the jungle's dangers, including a panther that 
- [III: Life and Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/iii-life-and-death.md): John Clayton builds a cabin for his family, adapting to jungle life while facing loneliness and danger. Lady Alice, traumatized by an ape attack, gives birth to a son but never fully recovers her mental faculties. She di
- [IV: The Apes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/iv-the-apes.md): Kerchak, the king ape, flies into a rage and kills several members of his tribe, including Kala's infant. When the tribe approaches the cabin of John and Alice Clayton, Kerchak kills John Clayton. Kala, driven by materna

> 24 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=tarzan_of_the_apes_se_789kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [V: The White Ape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/v-the-white-ape.md)
- [VI: Jungle Battles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/vi-jungle-battles.md)
- [VII: The Light of Knowledge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/vii-the-light-of-knowledge.md)
- [VIII: The Treetop Hunter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/viii-the-treetop-hunter.md)
- [Man and Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/ix-man-and-man.md)
- [X: The Fear-Phantom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/x-the-fear-phantom.md)
- [XI: King of the Apes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xi-king-of-the-apes.md)
- [XII: Man's Reason](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xii-man-s-reason.md)
- [His Own Kind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xiii-his-own-kind.md)
- [At the Mercy of the Jungle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xiv-at-the-mercy-of-the-jungle.md)
- [XV: The Forest God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xv-the-forest-god.md)
- [Most Remarkable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xvi-most-remarkable.md)
- [Burials](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xvii-burials.md)
- [XVIII: The Jungle Toll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xviii-the-jungle-toll.md)
- [XIX: The Call of the Primitive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xix-the-call-of-the-primitive.md)
- [XX: Heredity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xx-heredity.md)
- [The Village of Torture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xxi-the-village-of-torture.md)
- [XXII: The Search Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xxii-the-search-party.md)
- [Brother Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xxiii-brother-men.md)
- [Lost Treasure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xxiv-lost-treasure.md)
- [The Outpost of the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xxv-the-outpost-of-the-world.md)
- [The Height of Civilization](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xxvi-the-height-of-civilization.md)
- [The Giant Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xxvii-the-giant-again.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xxviii-conclusion.md)

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