The Underground City or the Child of the Cavern
Jules Verne
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Covering a time span of over ten years, this novel follows the fortunes of the mining community of Aberfoyle near Stirling, Scotland. Receiving a letter from an old colleague, mining engineer James Starr sets off for the old Aberfoyle mine, thought to have been mined out ten years earlier. Starr finds mine overman Simon Ford and his family living in a cottage deep inside the mine; he is astonished to find that Ford has made a discovery of the presence of a large vein of coal. Accompanying Simon Ford are his wife, Madge, and adult son, Harry. (Summary by Wikipedia) (4 hr 30 min)
Chapters
| 01 - Contradictory Letters | 12:04 | Read by Patrick Wells |
| 02 - On the Road | 13:05 | Read by Dillon Stiles |
| 03 - The Dochart Pit | 15:26 | Read by Sean Michael Hogan |
| 04 - The Ford Family | 16:05 | Read by Bellona Times |
| 05 - Some Strange Phenomena | 8:33 | Read by Jacob Alden Miller |
| 06 - Simon Ford's Expirement | 16:28 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| 07 - New Aberfoyle | 13:00 | Read by BrandonM |
| 08 - Exploring | 17:02 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| 09 - The Fire Maidens | 27:07 | Read by Ann Boulais |
| 10 - Coal Town | 11:14 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| 11 - Hanging by a Thread | 16:43 | Read by Ann Boulais |
| 12 - Nell Adopted | 21:50 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| 13 - On the Revolving Ladder | 10:57 | Read by Sean Michael Hogan |
| 14 - A Sunrise | 17:57 | Read by Sean Michael Hogan |
| 15 - Loch Lomond and Loch Katrine | 7:08 | Read by Sean Michael Hogan |
| 16 - A Final Threat | 16:03 | Read by Sean Michael Hogan |
| 17 - The "Monk" | 14:18 | Read by Sean Michael Hogan |
| 18 - Nell's Wedding | 12:09 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| 19 - The Legend of Old Silfax | 3:30 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
Reviews
NICE CHANGE OF PACE
Avid Listener
Though not as lengthy as most of his books, it was still a good yarn. As usual, Verne gives us some useful and interesting technical info. A very good reading.
classic Verne story.
AisForRebel
I actually think all of the readers did a great job! No one with an annoying fake accent or the inability of annunciation
Great book and good readers.
A LibriVox Listener
A few readers were tedious but most were very good.
Great Book!
Crystal K
I thought it was very interesting, with a good amount of suspense!
The story is ok. All of the readers seems to do a good job.
A LibriVox Listener
good listen
jadkins
a little slow in the beginning but still a good book
nice short well impressed with detail
Eddybandit
not what I expected
gl1200phil
Kind of boring story. Not what I'd consider SciFi. I listened to the whole thing, hoping for a change to an interesting tale. I was disappointed... One would do better to search out a more known SciFi classic by the master Verne.