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Jane
Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan | Robin Maxwell
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Cambridge, England, 1905. Jane Porter is hardly a typical woman of her time. The only female student in Cambridge University's medical program, she is far more comfortable in a lab coat dissecting corpses than she is in a corset and gown sipping afternoon tea. A budding paleoanthropologist, Jane dreams of traveling the globe in search of fossils that will prove the evolutionary theories of her scientific hero, Charles Darwin.When dashing American explorer Ral Conrath invites Jane and her father to join an expedition deep into West Africa, she can hardly believe her luck. Africa is every bit as exotic and fascinating as she has always imagined, but Jane quickly learns that the lush jungle is full of secretsand so is Ral Conrath. When danger strikes, Jane finds her hero, the key to humanity's past, and an all-consuming love in one extraordinary man: Tarzan of the Apes.Jane is the first version of the Tarzan story written by a woman and authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate. Its publication marks the centennial of the original Tarzan of the Apes.
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hissingpotatoes
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4.5/5⭐ Everything an adventure should be. Jane's wild journey was immensely freeing and satisfying. I cannot praise enough the description and complexity. There are many character arcs and plotlines. I got completely swept up in some of the scenes, like the power of the fire dancing and awe at the landscape's beauty.

I had some minor quibbles, but none last long, happen often, or detract from the excellent aspects of this story. #buzzwordathon

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hissingpotatoes
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Get 'em.

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"I'd endured his nonsense as long as I was able before telling him that Mrs. Fournier's life was her own business and that if he wished to make himself useful to me he would point out the sights and explain the things I was seeing."