A princess of Mars 📖

A princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs
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science fiction planetary romance past tense third limited POV ~265 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

adventurous grim heroic

A science fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count66,271
Page count~265 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited