The Child of the Cavern: Or, Strange Doings Underground

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S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877 - Coal mines and mining - 246 pages
 

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Aberfoyle mines abyss answered James Starr asked the engineer Callander carbonic acid carboniferous cavern Coal Town coal-mine colliery companions cottage county of Stirling cried Harry dark depths Dochart pit Dundonald Castle earth Edinburgh escaped exclaimed exhausted explosion eyes father fire fire-damp Fire-Maiden Firth Firth of Clyde followed Ford's formerly friends gallery girl goblins Granton ground hand Harry Ford Harry's Highland hour Irvine Jack Ryan James Starr knew ladders lake lamp letter light lived Loch Katrine Loch Lomond Loch Malcolm Lomond look Madge maiden miles Motala never old Aberfoyle old miner old overman old Simon opening passed Prince of Wales rain replied Harry resumed returned rock ruins safety-lamp schist Scotland seam seemed seen Simon Ford soon South Queensferry stone stopped subterranean supernatural tunnel vein voice walked wall wife wish Yarrow shaft young miner

About the author (1877)

Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. He wrote for the theater and worked briefly as a stockbroker. He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His most popular novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Several of his works have been adapted into movies and TV mini-series. In 1892, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He died on March 24, 1905 at the age of 77.

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TitleThe Child of the Cavern: Or, Strange Doings Underground
AuthorJules Verne
Translated byWilliam Henry Giles Kingston
PublisherS. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877
Original fromthe University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized17 Jul 2017
ISBN0598492712, 9780598492715
Length246 pages
  
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