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book-jacket for Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, illustration by J. Allen St. John c. 1916

As I recorded this chapter, I worked hard to maintain my focus on the terrifying, suspenseful interaction between sinister characters. I imagined myself seeing the story unfold as I reported it.

I’ve never read a comic book. I’ve watched very few Marvel movies, most notably Ang Lee’s The Hulk, so this reading was an odd choice for me.

I was never a fan of the Tarzan books or comic books or movies but my sweetie was during childhood. This brought back the fond memories of the suspense of the stories, so I faced the challenge of recording this chapter. I found that I enjoyed speaking the voices that I heard inside my head: those of a 1950s news reporter, a National Geographic movie narrator, a little bit of famous actors Danny DeVito and Richard Dreyfuss, and a Marvel comic book movie. Do you hear a hint of any of them?

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, read by Grace Buchanan for LibriVox.

I was amused by a couple lines in particular:

“It were easier to question a man first and kill him afterward, than kill him first and then question him.”

“Achmet Zek scowled and Werper’s heart sank; but Werper did not know Achmet Zek, who was quite apt to scowl where another would smile, and smile where another would scowl.”

If you are a Tarzan fan, please explain to me why, even if only because of fond associations with childhood memories.

Read the entire book “Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar” at Project Gutenberg.

Listen to all the work that I’ve done for LibriVox.

Listen to a collection of first chapters of fiction and nonfiction books at LibriVox. This Tarzan chapter is Track 15.

This Tarzan chapter is Track 15 in the LibriVox First Chapter Collection 7.

This is a LibriVox recording. All LIbriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: LibriVox.org.

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book-jacket for Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, illustration by J. Allen St. John, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons