Jules Verne

"The reopening of a mine in Scotland leads to the discovery of a small community who have been living underground for decades. Mysterious events are blamed on supranormal creatures but are eventually explained"--British Library Collection items website, viewed February 10, 2020

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The Underground City

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.

The Underground City A New Translation of the Complete Text with Illustrations