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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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