Jane Porter (Tarzan) - in The Novels

In The Novels

Jane, an American from Baltimore, Maryland, is the love interest and later the wife of Tarzan, and subsequently the mother of their son Korak. She develops over the course of the series from a conventional damsel in distress who must be rescued from various perils to a competent and capable adventuress in her own right, fully capable of defending herself and surviving on her own in the jungles of Africa.

She first appeared in the initial Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes (1912), then later reappeared in:

• the second book, The Return of Tarzan (1913)
• the third, The Beasts of Tarzan (1914)
• the fourth, The Son of Tarzan (1914)
• the fifth, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916)
• the seventh, Tarzan the Untamed (1920)
• the eighth, Tarzan the Terrible (1921)
• the ninth, Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1923)
• the tenth, Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924)
• the nineteenth, Tarzan's Quest (1936)

Jane also appeared in a minor role in the non-Tarzan novel The Eternal Lover (1925).

Additionally, Jane Porter is the narrator-protagonist in Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan by Robin Maxwell, a 2011 novel duly authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. to commemorate the centennial celebration of Tarzan.