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The Toilers of the Sea

Victor Hugo

Published1800
Pages403
Open Library3.5 / 5
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Excerpt

"The Toilers of the Sea tells of the reclusive Guernsey fisherman Gilliatt, who salvages the engines of a wrecked ship by performing great feats of engineering, matching wits with sea and storm, and doing battle with a great sea monster - all to win the hand of a shipowner's daughter."--BOOK JACKET.

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  • France

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Subjects

  • French literature
  • Translations into English
  • Fate and fatalism
  • Fiction
  • Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • French fiction
  • Fiction, action & adventure
  • Illustraties
  • Frans
  • Sea stories
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Oct 10, 2026

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