A princess of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs · audio summary, about 12 min

Transported from an Arizona cave to the dying planet of Mars, Confederate veteran John Carter gains superhuman strength under lower gravity, battles green Martian warlords, and fights to save the princess Dejah Thoris.

Key ideas

• Physical strength and martial agility under lower gravity grant John Carter standing and high rank among the fierce, warlike societies of Mars.
• Honor, chivalry, and devotion to Dejah Thoris inspire alliances that transcend deep-seated cultural hatreds between red and green Martians.
• Life on Barsoom depends upon an engineered environment, where an artificial atmosphere plant and subterranean water conduits preserve a dying planet.
• Genuine bonds of love, friendship, and loyalty can flourish even within a brutal community built on coldness, war, and mutual distrust.

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