A Princess of Mars
Published in 1912, A Princess of Mars is a sci-fi romance and adventure fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Much of the action takes place in Mars, Planet. It features Dejah Thoris, Fiction and John Carter. Readers will find themes of John Carter, dejah Thoris, princesses and Barsoom.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 48 ratings, and 290 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 456 editions across 3 languages. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 11,211 times in the last 30 days.
It runs to roughly 176 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace. It is in the public domain, so you can read it free on Project Gutenberg or listen to the 7 h 26 min LibriVox audiobook.
About A Princess of Mars
I am a very old man; how old I do not know. Possibly I am a hundred, possibly more; but I cannot tell because I have never aged as other men, nor do I remember any childhood. So far as I can recollect I have always been a man, a man of about thirty. I appear today as I did forty years and more ago, and yet I feel that I cannot go on living forever; that some day I shall die the real death from which there is no resurrection. [Adventures of John Carter in Mars -- from the author of the Tarzan series.]
Free audiobook
A Princess of Mars — LibriVox recording, 7 h 26 min in 14 sections.
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Opening line
“I AM A very old man; how old I do not know.”
Quick answers
Who wrote A Princess of Mars?
A Princess of Mars was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and first published in 1912.
What genre is A Princess of Mars?
It is usually shelved as Science Fiction Romance, Adventure, Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.
How long is A Princess of Mars?
The median edition has 176 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
Is A Princess of Mars free to read?
Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.
Is there a free audiobook of A Princess of Mars?
Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 7 h 26 min.
What books are similar to A Princess of Mars?
Readers who like it often enjoy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Phantastes and Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.
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