Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine in October, 1912. The character was so popular that Burroughs continued the series into the 1940s with two dozen sequels. The novel tells the story of John Clayton, born in the western coastal jungles of equatorial Africa to a marooned couple from England, John and Alice (Rutherford) Clayton, Lord and Lady Greystoke. Adopted as an infant by the she-ape Kala after his parents die (his mother dies of natural causes on Tarzan's first birthday, and his father is killed by the savage king ape Kerchak), Clayton is named "Tarzan" ("White Skin" in the ape language) and raised in ignorance of his human heritage. Burroughs' novel has been the basis of several movies. The last one is: The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

バローズが描く本作は、文明と野性の狭間で揺れ動く人間の本質を突いた傑作です。過酷な密林で知性と本能を融合させていくターザンの姿は、読者に強烈な知的興奮を与えます。高貴な血脈と原初的な生命力がせめぎ合う葛藤こそが、本作を単なる冒険譚を超えた、永遠の人間賛歌へと昇華させているのです。 映画が肉体の躍動感を強調する一方、原作は緻密な心理描写で彼の孤独や文明への驚きを深掘りしています。映像が補完する壮大な景観と、原典が綴る内面的な精神の旅。この両者を味わうことで、野性という名のドラマは、より重層的な響きを持って私たちの魂を激しく揺さぶるでしょう。