Olivia's Reviews > The Underground City

This is a wonderful short story and one of the lesser known novels of Jules Verne. It took me only about two hours to get through it and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It tells the tale of the Scottish city Aberfoyle. The former mine foreman Simon Ford is still living in the mine he used to work in ten years ago. Now, he has found a new vein and informs former friend James Starr of his findings. Strange things start happening as if someone or something didn't want anyone to find the new vein.
The descriptions are wonderful, like always with Verne he makes you feel as if you're actually there and the claustrophobic description of the coal mine actually made me shiver.
And of course, there's the good and brave hero, the innocent girl and the slightly mad evil antagonist.