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The narrative follows an engineer summoned back to an abandoned coal field where an old foreman and his son have maintained secret life beneath the surface. Explorations reveal a self-contained subterranean settlement carved from exhausted galleries, with inventive measures for light, work, and social order; mysterious phenomena and experiments unsettle visitors; community bonds, trials such as accidents and structural hazards, and local legends shape daily life. A young girl taken into the community becomes central to domestic hopes and a later marriage, while revelations about the site's origins and a shadowy figure known as the Monk bring closure to the colony's fate.

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Title: The Underground City; Or, The Black Indies

Author: Jules Verne

Release date: June 1, 1998 [eBook #1355]
Most recently updated: October 29, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Judy Boss and David Widger

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The Underground City

OR

THE BLACK INDIES

(Sometimes Called The Child of the Cavern)

By Jules Verne

Verne, Jules. Works of Jules Verne. Ed. Charles F. Horne.
Vol. 9. New York: F. Tyler Daniels Company, 1911. 277-394.

Contents

CHAPTER I. CONTRADICTORY LETTERS
CHAPTER II. ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER III. THE DOCHART PIT
CHAPTER IV. THE FORD FAMILY
CHAPTER V. SOME STRANGE PHENOMENA
CHAPTER VI. SIMON FORD’S EXPERIMENT
CHAPTER VII. NEW ABERFOYLE
CHAPTER VIII. EXPLORING
CHAPTER IX. THE FIRE-MAIDENS
CHAPTER X. COAL TOWN
CHAPTER XI. HANGING BY A THREAD
CHAPTER XII. NELL ADOPTED
CHAPTER XIII. ON THE REVOLVING LADDER
CHAPTER XIV. A SUNRISE
CHAPTER XV. LOCH LOMOND AND LOCH KATRINE
CHAPTER XVI. A FINAL THREAT
CHAPTER XVII. THE “MONK”
CHAPTER XVIII. NELL’S WEDDING
CHAPTER XIX. THE LEGEND OF OLD SILFAX