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Toilers of the Sea. 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. [1] Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to transmute seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest calibre.
- Victor Hugo
- 1866 (first edition)
- 1866
- Verboeckhoven et Cie
May 12, 2010 · TOILERS OF THE SEA PART I.—SIEUR CLUBIN BOOK I THE HISTORY OF A BAD REPUTATION I A WORD WRITTEN ON A WHITE PAGE. Christmas Day in the year 182- was somewhat remarkable in the island of Guernsey. Snow fell on that day. In the Channel Islands a frosty winter is uncommon, and a fall of snow is an event.
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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 ...
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May 12, 2010 · Toilers of the Sea Credits: Steven Gibbs, Jane Hyland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Language: English: LoC Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Subject: Fishers -- Fiction Subject: Sailors -- Fiction Subject: French fiction -- Translations into English Subject
- Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
- Thomas, W. Moy (William Moy), 1828-1910
- Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946
- Les travailleurs de la mer. English
Sep 10, 2002 · In his Preface to Les Travailleurs de la mer (The Toilers of the Sea, 1866; translated by James Hogarth for The Modern Library, 2002 with an Introduction by Graham Robb; 480 pp.) Victor Hugo (February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) states, “Religion, society, nature: such are the three struggles in which man is engaged…
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- Victor Hugo
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- Modern Library
Nov 1, 2000 · The Toilers of the Sea. Mass Market Paperback – November 1, 2000. by Victor Hugo (Author), Isabel F. Hapgood (Translator) 4.6 12 ratings. See all formats and editions. On the picturesque island of Guernsey in the English Channel, Gilliatt, a reclusive fisherman and dreamer, falls in love with the beautiful Deruchette and sets out to salvage ...
- Victor Hugo
The Toilers of the Sea, Volume 1 Hugo's works The Toilers of the Sea, Victor Hugo The romances of Victor Hugo, Vol. V Volume 5 of The works of Victor Marie Hugo, Victor Hugo: Author: Victor Hugo: Publisher: A.L. Burt, 1888: Original from: the University of California: Digitized: Nov 12, 2007: Length: 397 pages : Export Citation: BiBTeX EndNote ...
