# The Underground City; Or, The Black Indies

_(Sometimes Called The Child of the Cavern)_

By Jules Verne.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Coal mines and mining -- Fiction; Scotland -- Fiction; Adventure stories; Fantasy fiction, French -- Translations into English; Civilization, Subterranean -- Fiction; Imaginary places

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- [Underground City or the Child of the Cavern](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/3726) by Jules Verne (4 h 31 min, English)

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