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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Author Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
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
Last Update Apr 8, 2023
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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