# The Return of Tarzan — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [The Affair on the Liner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/i-the-affair-on-the-liner.md): Tarzan, contemplating his return to the jungle, witnesses a plot by Nikolas Rokoff and Alexis Paulvitch to frame Count de Coude for cheating at cards. Tarzan intervenes, exposing the scheme and earning the count's gratit
- [II: Forging Bonds of Hate and ⸻?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/ii-forging-bonds-of-hate-and.md): Tarzan intervenes to protect a young woman from Rokoff and Paulvitch, first on deck and later in her cabin, where Paulvitch attempts to strangle her. Tarzan threatens the two men and warns them against further harassment
- [III: What Happened in the Rue Maule](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/iii-what-happened-in-the-rue-maule.md): Tarzan visits his friend D'Arnot in Paris, who urges him to claim his title and estates as Lord Greystoke. Tarzan refuses, preferring to remain a nameless vagabond and not rob Jane Porter of the wealth and position her m
- [IV: The Countess Explains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/iv-the-countess-explains.md): Tarzan recounts his Rue Maule adventure to D'Arnot, criticizing civilized brutality versus jungle law. D'Arnot warns him about the police. They visit a police official to resolve the matter. Later at the opera, Tarzan se
- [The Plot That Failed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/v-the-plot-that-failed.md): Tarzan's growing friendship with Countess Olga de Coude is observed with malice by her brother Nikolas Rokoff, who plots with Paulvitch to trap Tarzan in a compromising situation. They trick Tarzan into visiting the coun

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- [VI: A Duel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vi-a-duel.md)
- [VII: The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vii-the-dancing-girl-of-sidi-aissa.md)
- [VIII: The Fight in the Desert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/viii-the-fight-in-the-desert.md)
- [IX: Numa El Adrea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/ix-numa-el-adrea.md)
- [X: Through the Valley of the Shadow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/x-through-the-valley-of-the-shadow.md)
- [John Caldwell, London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xi-john-caldwell-london.md)
- [Ships That Pass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xii-ships-that-pass.md)
- [The Wreck of the Lady Alice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xiii-the-wreck-of-the-lady-alice.md)
- [XIV: Back to the Primitive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xiv-back-to-the-primitive.md)
- [From Ape to Savage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xv-from-ape-to-savage.md)
- [The Ivory Raiders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xvi-the-ivory-raiders.md)
- [XVII: The White Chief of the Waziri](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xvii-the-white-chief-of-the-waziri.md)
- [XVIII: The Lottery of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xviii-the-lottery-of-death.md)
- [XIX: The City of Gold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xix-the-city-of-gold.md)
- [La](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xx-la.md)
- [The Castaways](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xxi-the-castaways.md)
- [XXII: The Treasure Vaults of Opar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xxii-the-treasure-vaults-of-opar.md)
- [The Fifty Frightful Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xxiii-the-fifty-frightful-men.md)
- [XXIV: How Tarzan Came Again to Opar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xxiv-how-tarzan-came-again-to-opar.md)
- [XXV: Through the Forest Primeval](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xxv-through-the-forest-primeval.md)
- [The Passing of the Ape-Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xxvi-the-passing-of-the-ape-man.md)

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