Thuvia, Maid of Mars is a fantasy adventure novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, part of his Barsoom series set on Mars. It follows Thuvia of Ptarth and Carthoris of Helium through royal intrigue, capture and conflict in a vividly imagined world. Listeners who enjoy classic planetary romance will find adventure and old-fashioned romance.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Contents I. CARTHORIS AND THUVIA II. SLAVERY III. TREACHERY IV. A GREEN MAN’S CAPTIVE V. THE FAIR RACE VI. THE JEDDAK OF LOTHAR VII. THE PHANTOM BOWMEN VIII. THE HALL OF DOOM IX. THE BATTLE IN THE PLAIN X. KAR KOMAK, THE BOWMAN XI. GREEN MEN AND WHITE APES XII. TO SAVE DUSAR XIII. TURJUN, THE PANTHAN XIV. KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE
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THUVIA, MAID OF MARS
CHAPTER I.
CARTHORIS AND THUVIA
Upon a massive bench of polished ersite beneath the gorgeous blooms of a giant pimalia a woman sat. Her shapely, sandalled foot tapped impatiently upon the jewel-strewn walk that wound beneath the stately sorapus trees across the scarlet sward of the royal gardens of Thuvan Dihn, Jeddak of Ptarth, as a dark-haired, red-skinned warrior bent low toward her, whispering heated words close to her ear.
“Ah, Thuvia of Ptarth,” he cried, “you are cold even before the fiery blasts of my consuming love! No harder than your heart, nor colder is the hard, cold ersite of this thrice happy bench which supports your divine and fadeless form! Tell me, O Thuvia of Ptarth, that I may still hope—that though you do not love me now, yet some day, some day, my princess, I—”
The girl sprang to her feet with an exclamation of surprise and displeasure. Her queenly head was poised haughtily upon her smooth red shoulders. Her dark eyes looked angrily into those of the man.
“You forget yourself, and the customs of Barsoom, Astok,” she said.
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