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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. Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to transmute seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest calibre.
- Victor Hugo
- 1866 (first edition)
- 1866
- Verboeckhoven et Cie
12 de may. de 2010 · TOILERS OF THE SEA PART I.—SIEUR CLUBIN BOOK I THE HISTORY OF A BAD REPUTATION I A WORD WRITTEN ON A WHITE PAGE. Christmas Day in the year 182- was somewhat remarkable in the island of Guernsey. Snow fell on that day. In the Channel Islands a frosty winter is uncommon, and a fall of snow is an event.
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 ...
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- Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
- Thomas, W. Moy (William Moy), 1828-1910
- Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946
- Les travailleurs de la mer. English
If you have this encounter be not curious but fly. One enters there dazzled, one emerges from thence terrified. This is the nature of the encounter always possible among rocks in the open sea.
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by Victor Hugo. Start Free Trial. Summary. Characters. Questions & Answers. Critical Essays. Analysis. Summary. PDF Cite Share. The shy, reclusive Gilliatt and his mother arrive on the Isle of...
5 de may. de 2017 · 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....
