A princess of Mars
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Cover: Plate 4 from A Princess of Mars (1917), oil illustration by Frank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (published in the United States in 1917)
A Princess of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of his Barsoom series. It was first serialized in the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine from February–July, 1912. Full of swordplay and daring feats, the novel is considered a classic example of 20th-century pulp fiction. It is also a seminal instance of the planetary romance, a subgenre of science fantasy that became highly popular in the decades following its publication. Its early chapters also contain elements of the Western. The story is set on Mars, imagined as a dying planet with a harsh desert environment.
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Table of contents
- 1: On the Arizona Hills
- 2: The Escape of the Dead
- 3: My Advent on Mars
- 4: A Prisoner
- 5: I Elude My Watch Dog
- 6: A Fight That Won Friends
- 7: Child-Raising on Mars
- 8: A Fair Captive from the Sky
- 9: I Learn the Language
- 10: Champion and Chief
- 11: With Dejah Thoris
- 12: A Prisoner with Power
- 13: Love-Making on Mars
- 14: A Duel to the Death
- 15: Sola Tells Me Her Story
- 16: We Plan Escape
- 17: A Costly Recapture
- 18: Chained in Warhoon
- 19: Battling in the Arena
- 20: In the Atmosphere Factory
- 21: An Air Scout for Zodanga
- 22: I Find Dejah
- 23: Lost in the Sky
- 24: Tars Tarkas Finds a Friend
- 25: The Looting of Zodanga
- 26: Through Carnage to Joy
- 27: From Joy to Death
- 28: At the Arizona Cave