This was, unexpectedly, not an easy read. The language and the story are simple, but it is a book of its time. At first an exciting tale about the abandonment of Tarzan‘s parents on the shore of Africa, but the more one reads the more one must grapple with changed mores. As sexist and racist attitudes were expressed, as well as implicit ideas of nature versus nurture, it did challenge me and make me think in ways likely not intended by the author.