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On Mars, an ordinary man's strength becomes a marvel—but strength alone cannot teach him whom to trust.
John Carter, a Virginian soldier and prospector, enters a cave in Arizona and finds himself on Mars. Here, on the world its people call Barsoom, low gravity gives him startling strength. Yet the huge, four-armed Tharks take him captive, and he must learn the rules of a people who prize power over tenderness.
Then the Tharks capture Dejah Thoris, a proud princess from the city of Helium. Her arrival draws Carter into a wider adventure of war, love, and loyalty amid a dying civilization. In A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs lets Carter tell his own tale: direct, personal, and driven by swordplay and pursuit rather than scientific theory.
What you’ll discover
- A stranger's startling strength Discover how Mars's lighter gravity turns Carter's Earth-born body into an extraordinary advantage.
- A princess with pride Meet Dejah Thoris, whose captivity calls for both her wits and a new ally.
- Kindness among the Tharks Find unexpected fairness in Tars Tarkas and rare tenderness in Sola.
- A loyal, strange companion Meet Woola, the beast whose devotion gives Carter companionship on an unfamiliar world.
- Adventure in a soldier's voice Follow Carter's plainspoken account through chases, swordplay, and the hard demands of loyalty.
Who will love it
For readers who love fast adventure, pulp storytelling, and the roots of modern science fiction and fantasy. It also suits anyone curious about where Mars stories began.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A soldier of fortune leaves Earth
- Low gravity turns a man into a marvel
- The green Tharks take Carter captive
- Dejah Thoris arrives and the stakes grow
- Honor and loyalty weigh more than cruelty
- A pulp adventure told as a tall tale
Who’s who
- John CarterA Virginian soldier and prospector who finds himself on Mars, where his Earth-born strength makes him a fighter of rare skill.
- Dejah ThorisA proud princess of the city of Helium, a red Martian who is captured and must rely on her wits and her new ally.
- Tars TarkasA green Martian warrior among the Tharks who shows more thought and fairness than most of his people.
- SolaA young Thark woman assigned to care for Carter, who shows a kindness her people rarely show.
- WoolaA strange, loyal beast who becomes Carter's devoted companion on Barsoom.
- Lorquas PtomelThe leader of the Thark group that takes Carter captive and tests his place among them.
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La principessa di Marte
by Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1912
John Carter finds himself on Mars, where four-armed warriors and a captive princess draw him into a planet's conflicts.
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A Princess of Mars is a planetary romance by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It first appeared as a magazine serial in 1912 under the title Under the Moons of Mars, and it came out as a book in 1917.
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A soldier of fortune leaves Earth
The story opens with a frame. The writer introduces John Carter as a family figure whose life seemed strange, and who left behind a manuscript describing his adventures. From there, Carter tells his own tale in the first person. He is a Confederate veteran, left without a cause or a fortune after the war, and he heads west to look for gold in Arizona.
He works with a partner, a fellow officer named Captain James K. Powell. The two men find rich ground, but the country around them is dangerous, and Apache fighters threaten them. Carter is a man of action, used to danger, and he reacts to the threat with the quick courage that marks him throughout the book.
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What is A Princess of Mars about?
It tells of John Carter, a Civil War veteran who is carried from Arizona to Mars. There he meets warlike green Martians and a princess of Helium named Dejah Thoris, and he is drawn into the conflicts of the planet.
Who is Dejah Thoris?
She is a princess of the red Martian city of Helium. Proud and clever, she is captured by the green Tharks and becomes the woman Carter wants to protect, which shapes much of the story.
What are the Tharks in A Princess of Mars?
The Tharks are a people of green Martians. They are tall, tusked, and have four arms, and they live in wandering war bands. They lay eggs and raise their young in common, valuing strength above gentleness.
The author
Edgar Rice Burroughs
1875–1950 · American adventure novelist
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer born in Chicago in 1875. He wrote novels about Tarzan and novels set on Mars. His first Mars story appeared in 1912 and became the book A Princess of Mars in 1917. He later lived in California and died in Encino in 1950.
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