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Toilers of the Sea

Toilers of the Sea

Hugo, Victor
Editions, Mint

Hardcover

Series: Mint Editions (Nautical Narratives)

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $29.99

ISBN10: 1513135635
ISBN13: 9781513135632
Publisher: Mint Ed
Published: Feb 15 2022
Pages: 460
Weight: 1.39
Height: 1.19 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Toilers of the Sea (1866) is a novel by Victor Hugo. Written while Hugo was living in exile on the island of Guernsey, Toilers of the Sea is a story of adventure that expresses the everyday struggles of a fool in love while capturing the changes wrought by political and economic revolution in Europe. Gilliatt lived in the parish of St. Sampson. He was not liked by his neighbours; and there were reasons for that fact. Viewed as an outsider by the seafaring community of Guernsey, Gilliat lives alone in a house deemed haunted, though no one would dare visit him anyway. Despite his skill as a fisherman, the townspeople claim he is a malevolent sorcerer, all but condemning him to a life of total seclusion. In love with the niece of a prominent shipowner, he volunteers to salvage what he can from a vessel that was wrecked some distance from the coast. Braving the elements and coming face to face with a vicious octopus, Gilliatt seizes his only chance at escaping his lonely circumstances, at finding love at last. This edition of Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea is a classic work of French literature reimagined for modern readers.

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