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A Princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars

Original publication
1912
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
404
Difficulty
★☆☆
Genres
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Translated from
English

Book summary

John Carter, a former soldier, is mysteriously transported to Mars, a hostile world populated by strange civilizations and fearsome creatures. Gifted with exceptional physical abilities in this environment, he quickly becomes a key player in local conflicts. His encounter with Dejah Thoris, a princess in danger, draws him into an adventure mixing war, loyalty, and love. This novel combines action, exploration, and imagination in an unfamiliar universe. The author creates a dynamic story where heroism and discovery intertwine.

The plot

From a cave in Arizona to the planet Mars. It is 1866, and the American Civil War has just ended. John Carter, a former captain, is prospecting for gold in the mountains of Arizona.

The world of the book

Mars, an old planet almost without water. When this book came out in 1912, some astronomers believed they could see long canals on Mars. To them, a people had dug them to bring water from the poles. The novel starts…

The author

Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1875 – 1950. Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, in the United States. As a young man he was a cowboy in Idaho, then a cavalry soldier in Arizona, the region where this book begins. He then…

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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