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A ghost walks through a wall, and a rocket aimed at Mars sails on toward a cloud-wrapped world of giant trees.
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金星の海賊の概要
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- 55,300語
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- 標準 longer sentences, everyday words
- 初版刊行年
- 1932by エドガー・ライス・バローズ
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金星の海賊 in short
Pirates of Venus follows one man across a planet nobody had seen. Carson Napier sets out for Mars, misses because the Moon was left out of the sums, and lands in a tree city on Venus. There he learns a language, makes friends, and falls in love with a girl he is forbidden to see.
What 金星の海賊 is about
Would you answer a letter that tells you to watch for a woman in a white shroud at midnight on the thirteenth? A writer in California nearly bins that very letter. Then a ghostly woman walks through his closed bedroom door, speaks a short message, and leaves through the solid wall.
Pirates of Venus is by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan, and it opens his Venus series. The sender of the letter is Carson Napier, a rich young man with a giant rocket and a plan to reach Mars. Venus lay hidden under clouds, so Burroughs fills it with sword fights, giant spiders, winged men, mutiny at sea, and a girl who may not be spoken to. You also get his sharp ideas about class hatred, freedom, and the price of rules.
対象読者. You will enjoy this if you love fast adventure, ships and swords, strange worlds with their own customs, and a hero who talks his way out of trouble.
The story in 7 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A ghost and a test open the tale
The story begins with a crank letter that nearly lands in the wastebasket. Its writer, Carson Napier, asks the recipient to watch for a woman in a white shroud at midnight on the thirteenth. If she comes and speaks, he is to remember her words and answer. The busy recipient forgets the letter within five minutes.
On the night of the thirteenth a woman enters through a closed door. She says someone left Guadalupe today and will wait in Guaymas for a letter. Then she leaves through the solid wall. In the morning the letter is found in the files, postmarked Guaymas.
Napier arrives soon after and explains the trick. Born in India to a British officer and an American mother, he was raised by an old Hindu mystic named Chand Kabi, who taught him telepathy, including the power to place images in another mind. The ghost was one of those images. Napier has inherited a fortune and has been building a giant rocket on Guadalupe Island.
Then Napier fades from his chair. The secretary, Ralph Rothmund, walks in and says Mr. Napier is back again, puzzled because he shook the man's hand earlier. That visit was the final test, another image. The writer agrees to publish the messages Napier will send from another world.
A doubting narrator who checks the facts and is convinced by them makes the listener believe too.
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A rocket aimed at Mars finds Venus
Napier would prefer Venus, but the astronomers of his day say its heat, cold, and thin air rule out life.
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Vepaja hides in trees after a revolution
Napier wakes to a bright morning with no sun in sight.
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A girl in a garden changes everything
From his balcony Napier catches a glimpse of a girl in the next garden.
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A mutiny on a Thoran ship
Kamlot recovers, and then five winged men called klangan drop out of the sky with wire nooses.
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Duare is found, then lost again
Napier plans to capture the second ship, the Sovong, without a fight and rescue the women aboard.
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What the story says about class and how it is told
The most obvious theme is the cost of class hatred.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Carson Napier A fearless young Earthman and stunt flier who sets out for Mars, lands on Venus, and falls in love with a princess he may not touch.
- Duare The daughter of the Vepajan king, bound by strict custom, who longs to speak freely and is torn between duty and Napier.
- Kamlot A skilled hunter of Vepaja who becomes Napier's closest friend and guards the princess he is sworn to protect.
- Danus The king's physician and librarian, a gentle scholar who teaches Napier the language and history of Amtor.
- Kiron A Thoran soldier who despises his officers and helps plan and carry out the mutiny aboard the Sofal.
- Zog A huge, good-natured former slave who prefers a kind master to cold freedom and fights fiercely for Napier.
- Vilor A Thoran spy among the captives who is infatuated with Duare and poses as a quiet scholar.
- Moosko A fat, proud Thoran official, one of the hundred rulers, who is taken hostage and wants to escape.
How it ends (spoiler)
Napier swims ashore on the coast of Noobol and finds Duare defended by klangan against hairy savages. He saves her, and together with the last angan they walk to the sea. On a cliff they light signal fires, and Vilor and Moosko return with armed men. Napier sends Duare away in the bird-man's arms as she cries that she loves him. He is taken captive in Noobol, happy because he knows she loves him.
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『金星の海賊』についての質問
What is Pirates of Venus about?
It follows Carson Napier, who rockets toward Mars, lands on Venus instead, meets the tree-dwelling Vepajans, falls in love with a princess, and leads a mutiny aboard a Thoran ship while searching for her.
Who is Duare in Pirates of Venus?
Duare is the daughter of the Vepajan king Mintep. Custom forbids her from speaking to men outside her family until she is twenty, and Vepajans call her the hope of their land.
What is Thorism in the book?
Thorism is a creed of class hatred founded by a laborer named Thor. His followers overthrew the educated classes of Vepaja, then ruled as greedy masters of an unhappy people.
Is Pirates of Venus part of a series?
Yes. Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote it as the opening book of his Venus novels, which follow Carson Napier on the planet he calls Amtor. It reads clearly on its own.
Is Pirates of Venus easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that it moves fast. Short episodes, a lively first-person voice, clear action scenes, and names explained as they appear make the strange world easy to follow.
この版を引用します
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Pirates of Venus. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/pirates-of-venus.
Burroughs, E. R. (2026). Pirates of Venus. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/pirates-of-venus (Original work published 1932)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Pirates of Venus. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/pirates-of-venus.
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author = {Burroughs, Edgar Rice},
title = {Pirates of Venus},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/pirates-of-venus},
note = {First published 1932}
}
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