Two classic novels in one volume feature Burroughs's Tarzan of the Apes, in which an English boy raised by apes in the jungles of Africa meets human beings for the first time, and Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda, in which a young man falls in love with a princess while trying to rescue her father, the King of Zenda. Original.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. After serving a short time in the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Burroughs was a shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and policeman before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Tarzan of the Apes, was published in 1914, and along with its 22 sequels has sold over 30 million copies in 58 languages. Author of numerous other jungle and science fiction novels and novellas, includingThe Land That Time Forgot, Burroughs had a writing career that spanned almost 30 years, with his last novel,The Land of Terror, being published in 1941. He died in 1950 at his ranch near Tarzana, the California town named for his legendary hero.
Gore Vidal was born Eugene Luther Vidal in 1925, later adopting the surname of his grandfather, Senator Thomas Gore, as his first name. He is the author of numerous novelsthe first,Williwaw, written when he was twenty-oneas well as scripts for film, television and the stage, including the extremely successfulThe Best Man and Visit to a Small Planet. He is perhaps best known for his historical novels, includingBurr (1973), 1876 (1976), and Lincoln (1984). He won the National Book Award in 1993 for his book of essays,United States (1952-1992).
Anthony Hope is the pseudonym of Anthony Hope Hawkins, a successful and prolific author of fiction and drama. The son of a school headmaster, Hope was born in London in 1863. While practicing law, Hope also experimented with creative writing, and he published his first novel, a political satire entitled A Man of Mark, at his own expense in 1890. With the publication of his most famous novel,The Prisoner of Zenda, in 1894, Hope abandoned his legal career to write full-time, penning the short story collectionThe Heart of Princess Osra (1896), and the Zenda sequel, Rupert of Hentzau(1898). Throughout his productive life, Hope published a wide variety of fiction, in areas ranging from the light domestic comedy ofThe Dolly Dialogues (1894) to the more serious fiction of Simon Dole (1889). He died on July 8, 1933.
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