The cave girl

"The Cave Girl" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a novel originally published in two parts between 1913 and 1917. When frail, bookish Waldo Emerson Smith-Jones is swept overboard onto a mysterious jungle island, he encounters primitive tribes and a beautiful cave girl named Nadara. As he transforms from coward to warrior, Waldo must navigate dangerous ape-men, tribal customs, and his growing love for Nadara. Their struggle to reunite across treacherous seas and hostile forces tests whether civilization or survival matters most. (This is an automatically generated summary.)