A Princess of Mars
John Carter wakes on Mars. Where the Barsoom series begins.
7 hr 27 min · read by Luke Oldham
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
The creator of Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
1875–1950 Sci-FiAdventureFantasy
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Who was Edgar Rice Burroughs?
Edgar Rice Burroughs created Tarzan and John Carter of Mars, and wrote fast, thrilling adventure stories about lost worlds, dinosaurs and distant planets.
His life
Burroughs was born in Chicago in 1875. He tried soldiering, gold mining, ranching and selling pencil sharpeners before he began writing in his mid-thirties, reading pulp magazines and deciding he could do better.
His books
His first story, A Princess of Mars, ran in a magazine in 1912, and Tarzan of the Apes followed the same year. Both became long series and made him one of the best-selling writers of his time. The Land That Time Forgot (1918) and its sequels sent explorers to an island of dinosaurs. He founded his own company to manage Tarzan, and the town of Tarzana, California, is named after his ranch. He died in Encino in 1950.
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A Princess of Mars
John Carter wakes on Mars. Where the Barsoom series begins.
7 hr 27 min · read by Luke Oldham 
Tarzan of the Apes
The original Tarzan.
8 hr 38 min · read by Veronica Saretsky
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4:28
The Land That Time Forgot
A lost island where dinosaurs still live.
3 hr 34 min · read by Tess Stalker
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Audiobooks
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Barsoom series
Book 1
A Princess of Mars
Narrated by Luke Oldham
John Carter, a Confederate veteran prospecting in Arizona, is pulled across space to Mars. There he finds tall green warriors, fierce red-skinned peoples and a princess,...
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Book 4
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
Narrated by Gid Newell
A princess abducted. A prince framed. Carthoris races across Barsoom—dead cities, green hordes, and hidden realms—to save Thuvia and clear his name. A breathless sword‑an...
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Out of Time's Abyss
Narrated by Patrick Walsh
Out of Time's Abyss is the third book of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Caspak adventures, set on a hidden prehistoric island. Bradley and his party try to get back to Fort Dinos...
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Tarzan of the Apes
Narrated by Veronica Saretsky
A shipwreck on the African coast leaves a baby alone in the jungle. His parents, an English lord and lady, do not survive. A great ape named Kala adopts the child and rai...
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4:28
The Land That Time Forgot
Narrated by Tess Stalker
A young American, Bowen Tyler, is on a ship that is sunk by a German submarine in the First World War. He and the people with him fight back, take over the sub and sail s...
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4:31
The Lost Continent
Narrated by Paul Silver
In the year 2137, the Western Hemisphere has closed itself off from the rest of the world. No one may cross the thirtieth meridian. Europe is a legend, and the people who...
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Life in dates
Edgar Rice Burroughs's life
- 1875
Born in Chicago.
- 1912
A Princess of Mars and Tarzan of the Apes.
- 1918
The Land That Time Forgot.
- 1919
Buys the ranch that becomes Tarzana, California.
- 1950
Dies in Encino, California.
Questions
Questions about Edgar Rice Burroughs
Who created Tarzan?
Edgar Rice Burroughs, in Tarzan of the Apes (1912).
Which Burroughs book should I start with?
A Princess of Mars for space adventure, Tarzan of the Apes for jungle adventure.
What is The Land That Time Forgot about?
Sailors and a U-boat crew stranded on an island where prehistoric creatures survive.
Where can I listen to Edgar Rice Burroughs audiobooks narrated by real people?
Academy Voices has 6 Edgar Rice Burroughs audiobooks, each performed by a real narrator, with a free sample on every one. Every recording is Certified Human Voice.
Reviewed October 2026 by the Academy Voices team. Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata .
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