num_pages: 196
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Underground City
titlecomplete: The Underground City
characters: Madge Ford, Harry Ford, Nell, James Starr, Jack Ryan (Jules Verne character), William Elphiston, Harfang, Simon Ford, Silfax
genres: French Literature, Science Fiction, Steampunk, Literature, Fantasy, Classics, Mystery, Adventure, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 2477
places: The Trossachs, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, Loch Malcolm, Loch Lomond, Scotland, Loch Katrine, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, Scotland, Coal Town, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Callander, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Stirling, Scotland
publisher: Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.