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The Return of Tarzan

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Return of Tarzan is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Edgar Rice Burroughs • Curated US English Learning Edition

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The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

“Why did they lure me there?

Were they hungry?”

D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

“It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

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Chapter IV Reading 1/47

The Return of Tarzan

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Return of Tarzan is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/47 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

Line 2

“Why did they lure me there?

Line 3

Were they hungry?”

Line 4

D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

Line 5

“It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

All words in this reading · 65

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a

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From this reading D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

above

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

adventures

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

after

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

and

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

apaches

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

at

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From this reading D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

banteringly

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

but

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From this reading D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

by

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

civilized

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

concluded

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

Countess

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

D'Arnot

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From this reading D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

dangerous

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

did

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From this reading “Why did they lure me there?

difficult

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

encounter

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

Explains

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

feigned

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From this reading D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

following

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

friend

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

he

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From this reading D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

his

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

horrified

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From this reading D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

hungry

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From this reading Were they hungry?”

in

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

is

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

It

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

jungle

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

jungles

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

laughed

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From this reading D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

light

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

lure

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From this reading “Why did they lure me there?

Maule

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

me

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From this reading “Why did they lure me there?

more

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

morning

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

my

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

narrating

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

not

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

of

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

Paris

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

Paul

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

police

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

quaint

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From this reading D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

queried

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

reason

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

rise

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

Rue

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

savage

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

shudder

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From this reading D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

standards

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

suggestion

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From this reading D’Arnot feigned a horrified shudder, but he laughed at the quaint suggestion.

Tarzan

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

than

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

The

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

there

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From this reading “Why did they lure me there?

they

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From this reading “Why did they lure me there?

to

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

ways

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From this reading “It is difficult to rise above the jungle standards and reason by the light of civilized ways, is it not, my friend?” he queried banteringly.

Were

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From this reading Were they hungry?”

Why

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From this reading “Why did they lure me there?

with

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

Your

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From this reading The Countess Explains “Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul,” concluded Tarzan, after narrating his adventures to his friend the morning following his encounter with the apaches and police in the Rue Maule.

Chapter 4 of The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 236 sentences, grouped into 48 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 4 of The Return of Tarzan contain?

Chapter 4 holds 236 sentences of The Return of Tarzan, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 236 sentences, grouped into 48 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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Vocabulary met early in The Return of Tarzan

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Magnifique: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Return of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Coude: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Return of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.