Toilers of the sea by Victor Hugo
"Toilers of the Sea" by Victor Hugo is a novel published in 1866. Set on Guernsey after the Napoleonic Wars, it follows Gilliatt, a social outcast who loves Deruchette, a shipowner's niece. When a steamship wrecks on a dangerous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whoever salvages its engine. Gilliatt volunteers for this perilous mission, facing extreme physical challenges including a deadly battle with an octopus, while enduring the scorn of his community
in pursuit of an uncertain reward. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 |
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| Editor | Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946 |
| Translator | Thomas, W. Moy (William Moy), 1828-1910 |
| Uniform Title | Les travailleurs de la mer. English |
| Title | Toilers of the sea |
| Series Title | Everyman's library, no. 509 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilers_of_the_Sea |
| Credits | Steven Gibbs, Jane Hyland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| 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 | Guernsey (Channel Islands) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Channel Islands -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 32338 |
| Release Date | May 12, 2010 |
| Most Recently Updated | Apr 8, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2566 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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