... portrayed much like the times when this novel was written, the early twentieth century. The first main characters introduced to the reader are Lord Greystoke and his wife Lady Alice, the natural parents to Tarzan. After being abandoned on a deserted island in ... Greystoke never fully recovers and for the next and last year of her life she does not leave the cabin while she takes care of her first-born son. This would be typical of the early 1900's when the men go out and do the hunting while the women stay home and care for the children ... strictly out of necessity. The class line in ...

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