Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

(5 stars)

Kit Anderson

One has to consider the time that this book was written in before trying to apply our politically correct mindset of today. I first read the entire Tarzan series when I was young boy of about 12. It fascinated me! In my adult life I have a little time to be able to sit down and read as I did when I was younger. This organization’s project of putting fantastic old books that are in the public domain into an audio format is much appreciated. I often listen to them while I am driving and greatly appreciate revisiting the adventures from my youth. Considering that Mr. Snelson does this task free, I think he puts great effort into trying to create interesting accents and great feeling into his reading. My hat is off to him. I toyed with the idea of trying to volunteer for this organization but I realize that my reading ability is not that steady and I have no voice training whatsoever. I watch numerous versions of Tarzan on the big screen and the small screen and just shake my head and how it has been adjusted for a current way of thinking. I doubt I will ever see a faithful rendition of the books on the big screen so I will have to rely upon my imagination to provide a faithful display of his original writing. I appreciate the authors use of a wide vocabulary, there were several words in this book that I had to look up. My top marks for this recording takes into account that it is done by volunteers. Thanks so much!

well read.

(5 stars)

paul berry

once again ralph snelson does a brilliant job of narrating a well written and wordy novel by edgar rice Burrows. top marks to both author and narrator. a very good and entertaining book with lots of twists and turns.

(5 stars)

Joe zimmerman in salcha,alaska

edgars books were only pretend..no real maps..no real distance..but great fun ! thank you for early pulp fiction..great job again !

(4 stars)

B-rich

If you've made it this far, you're obviously a fan of Tarzan and his adventures and pitfalls, so you are more interested in hearing how he'll get out of the next spot of trouble than considering that after 5 books, Burroughs was pretty much out of ideas. Same story, (some) different characters, slightly different premise. As usual though, the excitement level is high and you have to admire the super-human feats accomplished by Tarzan. Ralph Snelson reads with the lilting Utah accent and grandfatherly voice that is charming and endearing, but if you're picky about your narrators, consider one of the other versions. His constant and repeated mispronunciation of some words and his (sometimes hilariously) awful attempts at accents will drive some people crazy, some others seem to love it. If you don't like it, you can pay $17 to hear someone else read it, but I'll stick with Mr. Snelson for free!

(4 stars)

snazzy shark

i like all the tarzan books read by ralph nelson

Liked this one

(4 stars)

Vlad WA

chapters are in wrong order here though.

Tarzan and Ralph never fail to please

(5 stars)

Bobby P.

I enjoyed all the seems and suspence

(5 stars)

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