THE UNDERGROUND CITY

By Jules Verne

Synopsis

The Underground City, by Jules Verne, is a novel about the fortunes of a mining community at Aberfoyle which is near Stirling, Scotland. Miner James Starr, after receiving a letter from an old friend, leaves for the Aberfoyle mine. Although believed to be mined out a decade earlier, James Starr finds a mine overman, Simon Ford, along with his family living deep inside the mine. Simon Ford has found a large vein of coal in the mine but the characters must deal with mysterious and unexplainable happenings in and around the mine

File information:

File size (Digital) (165KB)

Books (1)

Page count (8.5x11) (114)

Word count (43,917)

Working table of contents (Yes)

Font size (12pt)

Originally published (1873)

Republished (2019)