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Pellucidar

Pellucidar is a 1915 fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the second in his series about the fictional "Hollow Earth" land of Pellucidar. It first appeared as a five-part serial in All-Story Weekly from May 1 to 29, 1915. It was first published in book form in hardcover by A. C. McClurg in September, 1923. A map by Burroughs of the Empire of Pellucidar accompanied both the magazine and book versions.

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Pellucidar, Project Gutenberg ebook 605. Only the identified textual scope is assessed; adaptations, recordings and illustration content are excluded.

Violence

Strong

Attackers pin the narrator down. A hyaenodon kills men by breaking a neck and crushing a skull, then eats a corpse; the narrator also uses a knife against an attacker.

Frightening & intense themes

Strong

The passage combines a surprise assault, lethal animal attacks and consumption of a human corpse.

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How long does it take?

4h 49m

Average reading time

Focused reading
3h 51m
Comfortable reading
4h 49m
Reflective / study reading
6h 1m

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Pellucidar

Pellucidar is a 1915 fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the second in his series about the fictional "Hollow Earth" land of Pellucidar. It first appeared as a five-part serial in All-Story Weekly from May 1 to 29, 1915. It was first published in book form in hardcover by A. C. McClurg in September, 1923. A map by Burroughs of the Empire of Pellucidar accompanied both the magazine and book versions.

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Wikipedia contributors, Pellucidar (novel) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Modified for this entry.

Writers
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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