
The Underground City
by Jules Verne
- Reading level
- Easy
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The Underground City; Or, The Black Indies" by Jules Verne is a novel serialized in 1877. When mining engineer James Starr receives a mysterious letter from a former colleague, he returns to the supposedly exhausted Aberfoyle coal mine in Scotland. There he discovers the Ford family living deep underground, guarding a secret discovery that will revitalize the entire community. But strange, unexplained events begin plaguing the miners, and young Harry Ford's exploration of the caverns reveals a mysterious orphan girl who may hold the key to these supernatural occurrences.
- Coal mines and mining
- Scotland
- Adventure stories
- Fantasy fiction, French
- Civilization, Subterranean
- Imaginary places
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #1355. The Underground City on Wikipedia.
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