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Toilers of the sea — Victor Hugo

Toilers of the sea

Victor Hugo

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 394 pages

Toilers of the Sea is a novel by Victor Hugo set on the island of Guernsey. It follows a solitary fisherman, Gilliatt, and his arduous struggle with the sea and its dangers. It is worth listening to for its lyrical prose and meditation on nature, isolation, and human endurance.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS FICTION
  2. HUGO’S TOILERS OF THE SEA
  3. NOW NEWLY COMPLETED FROM W. MOY THOMAS’S TRANSLATION INTRODUCTION BY ERNEST RHYS
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. PREFACE
  6. CONTENTS
  7. TOILERS OF THE SEA
  8. PART I.—SIEUR CLUBIN
  9. PART II.—MALICIOUS GILLIATT
  10. PART III.—DÉRUCHETTE
  11. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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