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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. [1] Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to transmute seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest calibre.
- Victor Hugo
- 1866
May 12, 2010 · A classic tale of a man who defies the sea and fate, inspired by Hugo's exile in Guernsey and his admiration for Shakespeare. Read the introduction by Ernest Rhys, who praises Hugo's splendid energy and his heroic protagonist Gilliatt.
Summary. PDF Cite Share. The shy, reclusive Gilliatt and his mother arrive on the Isle of Guernsey. From where they came, no one knows. They settle in an isolated house by the shore. The mother ...
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 the hand of the steamer’s owner’s niece.
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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
May 19, 2009 · The toilers of the sea by Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885; Hapgood, Isabel Florence, 1850-1928, tr. Publication date 1961 Publisher New York, Heritage Press Collection
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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 ...