Tarzan of the Apes Tale #1 the Man-Child vs The Prisoner of Zenda: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Tarzan of the Apes Tale #1 the Man-Child Tarzan of the Apes Tale #1 the Man-Child Edgar Rice Burroughs · 2002 ★★★★☆ 4.1 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Light

Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Revised version of http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/1975 . First edition published in 1914.. The text was tagged to TEI compatible format by Jeffery Triggs at Bellcore for the University…

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Cover of The Prisoner of Zenda The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.8 217 pages · ≈ 4 h 01 m · Challenging
“'I wonder when in the world you're going to do anything, Rudolf?'”

An adventure novel, originally published in 1894, set in the fictitious European Kingdom of Ruritania. An English tourist is persuaded to impersonate the new king after he is abducted before he can be crowned. This act…

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1 film adaptation

The verdict

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Scores by source

Tarzan of the Apes Tale #1 the Man-ChildThe Prisoner of Zenda
Goodreads — 3.8 (23054)
Hardcover 3.6 (92) 3.5 (27)
Apple Books 4.5 (170) 4.5 (48)

Reception

Tarzan of the Apes Tale #1 the Man-ChildThe Prisoner of Zenda
Ratings 170 23054
Editions 80 627
Citations — 3
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 11203
Reading it now — 1004
Written reviews — 1528
Wikipedia attention — 5554
Pages 320 217

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