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universe100 books1912

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in early 20th century.

“Deep in a jungle no map has tamed, an English lord's orphaned son is suckled by a she-ape and grows to manhood knowing neither his name nor his kind.”
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Start with Tarzan of the Apes →

includes Tarzan, The Wild Adventures of Tarzan, The Tarzan Trilogy, Tarzan and the Martian Legion, Tarzan's Africa / Opar / Khokarsa

Allan QuatermainSeries

series25 books1885

About expeditions, set in africa and 19th century.

“An English professional big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others.”
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Start with Marie →

The Lad and the LionNovel

Edgar Rice Burroughsstandalone novel1938

Adventure, adventurous in tone, about survival, set in our world and early 20th century.

“The text was apparently expanded for book publication, as certain incidentals of the story reflect the political situation of Europe in the late 1930s rather than the mid-1910s.”
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Caspak UniverseSeries

series4 books1918

Fantasy, set in lost world.

Start with The Land That Time Forgot →

AirmanNovel

Eoin Colferstandalone novel2008

Historical fiction, about coming of age and revenge, set in 19th century.

PymSeries

series5 books1838

About expeditions, set in arctic & antarctica and 19th century.

“Jules Verne wrote an unauthorized 1897 sequel, An Antarctic Mystery, resolving Poe's cliffhanger in more rationalist terms, while Mat Johnson's 2011 novel Pym uses Poe's original as the springboard for a satirical modern story about race.”
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Start with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket →

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