人猿泰山 Signet Classics: Tarzan of the Apes

基本信息

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0451531027

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Signet; Reissue edition (August 5, 2008)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780451531025

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451531025

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up

Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1000L

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.23 x 0.81 x 6.78 inches

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书籍简介

《人猿泰山》是美国科幻小说中的经典之作。英国勋爵带着怀孕的夫人去非洲赴任，不料途中船员哗变，夫妇俩被抛弃在茂密的非洲原始森林。不久孩子降生，而勋爵夫妇却不幸惨遭人猿突袭双双丧生。母猿格拉收养了这个后来被称作“泰山”的孩子。泰山在格拉的精心呵护下成长，他不仅学会了在森林中的生存本领，同时还具有人类特有的聪明和智慧，长大后的泰山成了人猿部落的首领。泰山平静的生活终于随着一支美国人类探险队的闯入而被打破，他爱上了探险家的女儿珍妮。之后，泰山的生活发生了巨大变化，并衍生出许多传奇的故事。小说悬念丛生，高潮迭起。该书自出版以来，被译成世界上几十种文字，并曾经先后多次被改编成电影、电视剧和动画片。

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Experience the legend of Tarzan in this thrilling adventure from Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Set amid the vibrant colors and sounds of the African jungle, this classic work, rich in suspense and action, has beckoned generations of readers on a glorious journey to romance and pure adventure. This is the story of the ape-man Tarzan, raised in the wild by the great ape Kala, and how he learns the secrets of the jungle to survive—how to talk with the animals, swing through the trees, and fight the great predators. As Tarzan grows up, he makes many friends, including Tantor the elephant and Numa the lion. When this paradise is invaded by white men, Tarzan’s life changes, for in this group is Jane, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. Speaking directly to our childhood fantasies, this exhilarating work takes us to that faraway place in our minds where dreams prevail, and where we too can be masters of our own domain.

With an Introduction by Gore Vidal

And an Afterword by Michael Meyer

作者简介

埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯（Edgar Rice Burroughs，1875—1950），美国知名小说家。

1875年9月1日，埃德加出生在美国芝加哥。父亲在美国南北战争期间参军入伍，后退役经商。从密歇根军事学院毕业后，埃德加在美国骑兵队服役。退役后，他即开始为生计四处奔波，先后尝试过许多工作，其中包括铁路警察、糖果推销商，但均告失败。为了养家，他转而开始为通俗小说杂志撰稿。1912年，他的一部小说《在火星的卫星下》分六集在《故事大观》上连载，该小说一出版便大获成功；同年，他又在《故事大观》上出版了第二部小说《人猿泰山》，该小说获得了更大的成功。从此，他名声大震，并开始了专职小说创作之路。

埃德加一生共出版了70多部小说，内容涉及科学、幻想和冒险等领域，而且这些小说都是当时美国畅销小说。埃德加是美国历史上重要的科学小说家之一，他一生共创作了三个系列的科学小说——火星系列小说、佩鲁塞塔历险小说和金星系列小说，这些小说奠定了他在美国作为重要科学小说家的地位。然而使他名扬世界的却是他“泰山”系列小说，该系列共包括28部小说，而《人猿泰山》是该系列的一部，同时也是其中的杰出代表。该书自出版以来，一直畅销至今，被译成世界上几十种文字。曾经先后多次被改编成电影、电视剧和卡通片。

After serving a short time in the Seventh U.S. Cavalry, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was a shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and policeman before becoming a full-time writer. Tarzan of the Apes (1914) and its twenty-two sequels have sold more than twenty-five million copies in fifty-eight languages. Author of numerous other jungle and science fiction novels and novellas, including The Land That Time Forgot, Burroughs had a writing career that spanned almost thirty years, with his last novel, being published in 1941. He died in Tarzana, California, the town named for his legendary hero.

Gore Vidal was the author of numerous novels—the first, Williwaw, written when he was twenty-one—as well as scripts for film, television, and the stage, including the extremely successful The Best Man and Visit to Small Planet. He is perhaps best known for his historical novels, including Burr (1973), 1876 (1976), and Lincoln (1984). He won the National Book Award in 1993 for his book of essays United States (1952-1992).

Michael Meyer, Ph.D., is a professor of English at the University of Connecticut. Among his books, Several More Lives to Live: Thoreau’s Political Reputation in America was awarded the Ralph Henry Gabriel Prize by the American Studies Association. In addition to The Bedford Introduction to Literature, his edited volumes include Frederick Douglass: The Narrative and Selected Writings.