Les Indes noires

by Jules Verne

First published 1877 · 190 pages

About this book

<p><i>The Child of the Cavern </i> follows engineer James Starr as he receives a letter from an old friend and co-worker, Simon Ford, requesting that he revisit a depleted coal mine in Scotland that he used to manage. Upon arriving, Starr finds the entire Ford family living in the mine, and Ford explains that a new coal vein has been located. Soon after Starr’s return, however, strange events start to occur, which seem to be supernatural. After a startling discovery, the characters continue to investigate these occurrences over the course of several years.</p>

  • Classic Literature
  • Fiction
  • Coal mines and mining -- Fiction
  • Scotland -- Fiction
  • Adventure stories
  • Fantasy fiction, French
  • Civilization, Subterranean -- Fiction
  • Imaginary places

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