A Princess of Mars book summary
After the Civil War, the Confederate veteran John Carter hides from Apache warriors in an Arizona cave and is mysteriously carried to Mars, which its people call Barsoom. In the planet’s lighter gravity he can leap great distances and fight with astonishing strength, and as a prisoner of the giant green Martians of Thark he wins the friendship of the warrior Tars Tarkas, the gentle Sola and the loyal watchdog Woola. When the green warriors capture Dejah Thoris, a princess of the red Martian city of Helium, Carter falls in love with her and sets out to protect her across deserts, dead sea bottoms and wars between rival cities. Edgar Rice Burroughs’s first novel, serialised in 1912 and published as a book in 1917, opened the Barsoom series and became a founding work of planetary romance, full of swordplay, loyalty and courage on a dying world.
A Princess of Mars at a glance
- Level
- B2
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 183
- Words
- about 67,201
- Unique words
- 6,624
- Estimated reading time
- 4.5–7.5 hours
- Formats
- EPUB and PDF
Reading time is an estimate at 150–250 words per minute.
Why this book is useful for B2 English learners
A Princess of Mars is useful for B2 English learners because it gives you longer passages, richer description, flexible word meanings, idioms, and more natural literary phrasing. As a science fiction text, it lets you meet vocabulary inside a real reading flow instead of memorizing isolated words.
Vocabulary difficulty
B2 vocabulary can include figurative language, older expressions, topic-specific words, and phrases whose meaning depends on context. Across about 183 pages, Okuzeka helps you slow down only on the words or phrases that block understanding, so the difficulty becomes easier to manage without turning every paragraph into a translation exercise. This makes it a practical B2 vocabulary reading choice.
Recommended reading level
Best for readers who understand normal English texts but still need help with nuance, idioms, and denser sentences. If you are looking for B2 English books, this page gives you the book format, page count, category, and reading tools before you add it to your library.
Most common words in A Princess of Mars
A Princess of Mars contains about 67,201 words, 6,624 of them unique. These content words appear most often in the text:
- dejah×174
- thoris×163
- great×160
- warriors×117
- sola×116
- martian×107
- green×103
- helium×103
- men×101
- first×99
- tars×95
- time×94
How to read A Princess of Mars with Okuzeka
Add A Princess of Mars to your Okuzeka library, open it in the reader, and tap difficult words while you read. Okuzeka shows meanings in the sentence you are reading, lets you save useful vocabulary as flashcards, and keeps the book available across web, iOS, and Android.
- Add the book to your library.
- Read normally and tap only the words that stop you.
- Save useful words as flashcards for later review.
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A Princess of Mars FAQ
Is A Princess of Mars good for B2 English reading practice?
A Princess of Mars can be used for B2 English reading because you can read the book in Okuzeka, check difficult words in context, and save vocabulary while staying inside the text.
Can I read A Princess of Mars as an EPUB in Okuzeka?
Yes. A Princess of Mars is available as an EPUB book in Okuzeka.
Which words appear most often in A Princess of Mars?
The most frequent content words in the text of A Princess of Mars are: dejah, thoris, great, warriors, sola, martian, green, helium, men, first. The book contains about 67,201 words in total, 6,624 of them unique. While reading in Okuzeka you can tap any of these words to see the meaning they have in that sentence.
How long does it take to read A Princess of Mars?
A Princess of Mars has about 67,201 words. At a reading speed of 150 to 250 words per minute, that is roughly 4.5–7.5 hours of reading. This is an estimate: your own pace, and stopping to look up words, will change it.
Which formats is A Princess of Mars available in?
A Princess of Mars is available as EPUB and PDF. Reading it in the Okuzeka web reader, with tap-to-translate and flashcards, needs a free account.
How should I read A Princess of Mars with Okuzeka?
Read normally first, tap only the words or phrases that stop you, and save the useful ones as flashcards. This keeps EPUB and PDF reading close to real book reading instead of constant dictionary switching.
