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"No character was ever thrown into such strange relief as Gilliatt... here, indeed, the true position of man in the universe." --Robert Louis Stevenson

The Toilers of the Sea tells the tale of Gilliatt, an outcast fisherman who must rescue one of the engines... Read Full Overview

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La christmas de 182... fut remarquable ? Guernesey. Il neigea ce jour-l?. Dans les ?les de la Manche, un hiver o? il g?le ? glace est m?morable, et la neige fait ?v?nement.

Mess Lethierry est propri taire de La Durande, un steamer chou sur un cueil par la machination criminelle de son capitaine, le sieur Clubin. Fou de rage l'id e que le moteur r volutionnaire de son steamer soit d finitivement perdu, Lethierry promet de donner la main de sa... Read Full Overview

In a small island community a young reclusive fisherman falls dangerously in love with a beautiful local girl. Her uncle, himself an intrepid seaman, owns a paddle-steamer which plies its trade to and from St Malo on the coast of Brittany. The vessel is wrecked on a remote reef... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Gilliatt, jeune homme extr mement discret, va braver les l ments pour tenter de sauver la Durande, seul bateau moteur reliant Guernesey Saint Malo afin de conqu rir l' lue de son coeur: D ruchette. L'hommage par Victor Hugo l'effort, l'ing niosit , au d vouement par... Read Full Overview

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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... Read Full Overview

Ce roman raconte la lutte h?ro?que de Gilliat contre la mer et ses puissances terribles pour extraire de l'?pave d'un steamer son pr?cieux moteur d'un type nouveau, et obtenir ainsi la main de la belle D?ruchette dont il est amoureux. V. Hugo y exprime son admiration pour les... Read Full Overview