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Tarzán de los Monos
This Spanish-language edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs's *Tarzan of the Apes* (1912) presents the novel's opening narrative frame and exposition. The story concerns John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, and his bride Alice Rutherford, sent on a colonial investigative mission to West Africa. Aboard the merchant vessel *Fuwalda*, they witness brutal treatment of the crew by the captain. When the captain strikes a sailor, Clayton intervenes to prevent a shooting, earning gratitude from the injured man "Black Michael." Tensions escalate aboard the lawless ship as the Claytons sense approaching disaster, isolated from the crew's daily life. The narrator establishes the account as compiled from a deceased man's diary and British Colonial Office records, framing an "extraordinary and interesting" but unbelievable tale. The text sets the stage for the shipwreck and abandonment that will lead to the Claytons' deaths in the African jungle and their son's adoption by apes.