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Tarzan of the Apes follows John Clayton, or Tarzan, an orphaned English boy raised by apes in the African jungle. He grows up mastering survival skills and later encounters a group of marooned humans, including Jane Porter, with whom he falls in love. Eventually, Tarzan learns about his English heritage and attempts to rejoin human civilization in pursuit of Jane. The book contains racist ideology and language, as well as depictions of racially motivated violence.