The Child of the Cavern

The Child of the Cavern
AuthorJules Verne
Original titleLes Indes noires
TranslatorW.H.G. Kingston
IllustratorJules Férat
LanguageFrench
SeriesThe Extraordinary Voyages #16
GenreAdventure novel
PublisherPierre-Jules Hetzel
Publication date
April 1877
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1877
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Preceded byOff on a Comet 
Followed byDick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen 

Les Indes noires (literally The Black Indies) is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, serialized in Le Temps in March and April 1877 and published immediately afterward by Pierre-Jules Hetzel.[1] The first UK edition was published in October 1877 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington as The Child of the Cavern, or Strange Doings Underground. Other English titles for the novel include Black Diamonds and The Underground City.[2]

  1. ^ Dehs, Volker; Jean-Michel Margot; Zvi Har’El. "The Complete Jules Verne Bibliography". Jules Verne Collection. Zvi Har’El. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  2. ^ Evans, Arthur B. (March 2005). "A Bibliography of Jules Verne's English Translations". Science Fiction Studies. 1. XXXII (95): 105–141. Retrieved 6 September 2012.