Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Return of Tarzan Annotated Edgar Rice Burroughs

The ape man, feeling vagabond within the wake of his noble sacrifice of his prospects of wedding Jane Porter, leaves USA for Europe to visit his friend Paul d'Arnot. On the ship he becomes embroiled within the affairs of Lady Olga First State Coude, her husband, Count Raoul de Coude, and 2 shady characters trying to take advantage of them, Nikolas Rokoff and his henchman Alexis Paulvitch. Rokoff, it turns out, is also the countess's brother. Tarzan thwarts the villains' scheme, making them his deadly enemies. Tarzan and Jane return to Jane's shelter, along the way encountering Busuli and a bunch of Waziri who are looking for their king since he disappeared. At the shelter, Clayton is at the purpose of death. Before he dies, he reveals to Tarzan and Jane that he is aware of Tarzan is that the true Lord Greystoke. Tarzan and Jane make their way up the coast to the former's boyhood cabin so that they will bury Clayton aboard his kinswoman and uncle. Here they encounter the rest of the castaways of the Lady Alice, who have been recovered by D'Arnot in a French navy vessel. Tarzan exposes Thuran as Rokoff and therefore the French arrest him. Tarzan weds Jane and Tennington weds Hazel in a double ceremony performed by faculty member Porter, who had been ordained a minister in his youth. Then all of them set sail for civilization, taking on the treasure Tarzan had found in Opar. The Waziri receive gifts from the French and reluctantly settle for the departure of their king.