Planet of the apes

The everyday tale of a french journalist, Ulysse Mérouwho, travels halfway across the galaxy to be stranded on a planet whee apes are the dominant species, and humans are beastial bipeds. Strong morals prevale.
A great read, and the translation only anoyed me as far as talking about 'monkeys', instead of 'apes'.
Any fault lies in the amount of Planet of the Apes films that are out there, none of which follow the origional book by Perrie Boulle, very closley. There is no statue of liberty, as the planet is around a different sun. The humans are truly wild animals with neither clothes or language. Apes do not escape to modern day earth and have a child [Escape from the Planet of the Apes](but the earthman has a child) and the book has an ape world that is advanced as 1960s france.
Because of the movies, there are no real surprises, but it does give an insight into the Tim Burton ending. Well thought out moralistic tale, that i enjoyed.