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A Princess of Mars

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First published: 1912
Pages: 177

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Foreword
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Chapter 01
16:45
Chapter 02
9:42
Chapter 03
18:32
Chapter 04
13:49
Chapter 05
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Chapter 06
11:11
Chapter 07
14:28
Chapter 08
11:36
Chapter 09
7:59
Chapter 10
19:11
Chapter 11
17:02
Chapter 12
13:49
Chapter 13
13:17
Chapter 14
21:13
Chapter 15
20:57
Chapter 16
23:39
Chapter 17
19:03
Chapter 18
10:39
Chapter 19
14:28
Chapter 20
16:33
Chapter 21
21:45
Chapter 22
23:47
Chapter 23
13:24
Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
11:59
Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
11:41
Chapter 28
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Edgar Rice Burroughs published A Princess of Mars in 1912, after the story had been serialized the year before in The All-Story magazine under the title Under the Moons of Mars. The novel introduces John Carter, a Confederate Civil War veteran prospecting for gold in Arizona, who mysteriously projects across space to the dying world of Mars, called Barsoom by its inhabitants. He arrives with greatly increased physical strength because of the lower Martian gravity, and finds himself in the middle of an enormous interspecies war.

The green-skinned, four-armed Tharks capture him first. Then he meets Dejah Thoris, princess of the human-like red Martians, who has been taken hostage. The novel follows Carter's adventures across Barsoom as he fights, escapes, falls in love, learns the customs of multiple Martian races, and gradually becomes a major political player in their world. Burroughs essentially invented planetary romance with this book. Everything from Flash Gordon to Star Wars to James Cameron's Avatar borrows from it. The prose is breathless and the action is constant. A Princess of Mars is the place to start.

About the author

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer, recognized for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he also wrote the Pellucidar series, the Amtor series, and the Caspak trilogy.