A princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

"A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a science fantasy novel first serialized in 1912. Confederate veteran John Carter is mysteriously transported to Mars, a dying desert planet called Barsoom. With superhuman strength from the planet's lower gravity, he becomes entangled with warlike Green Martians and rescues Dejah Thoris, a princess of the humanoid Red Martians. Carter must navigate deadly political conflicts between alien races while fighting to protect the princess and save all life on Mars from extinction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
Title A princess of Mars
Series Title Barsoom series, 1
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Princess_of_Mars
Reading Level Reading ease score: 59.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Mars (Planet) -- Fiction
Subject Princesses -- Fiction
Subject Carter, John (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Subject Dejah Thoris (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 62
Release Date
Last Update Jan 12, 2025
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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