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Toilers of the Sea (French: Les Travailleurs de la mer) is a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1866. The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Hugo spent 15 years in exile. Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to transmute seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest calibre.
May 12, 2010 · The Project Gutenberg eBook of Toilers of the Sea, by Victor Hugo This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
The Toilers of the Sea is the least well-known and the one that Hollywood and Broadway have not transformed into pop culture hits. Set in the Channel Islands, where Hugo was exiled for a time, it recounts the heroic story of a local man who risks all the little he has, including his life, to rescue the engines of a shipwrecked steamer and win ...
Sep 10, 2002 · A new translation by Scot James Hogarth for the first unabridged English edition of the novel, which tells the story of an illiterate fisherman from the Channel Islands who must free a ship that has run aground in order to win the hand of the woman he loves, a shipowner's daughter.
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Dec 18, 2007 · The Toilers of the Sea (Modern Library Classics) Kindle Edition. by Victor Hugo (Author), Graham Robb (Introduction), James Hogarth (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.2 62 ratings. See all formats and editions.
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Characters. Questions & Answers. Critical Essays. Analysis. Summary. PDF Cite Share. The shy, reclusive Gilliatt and his mother arrive on the Isle of Guernsey. From where they came, no one knows....
