The Toilers of the Sea

By: Victor Hugo

Published by Unnamed Press, 2024-11-26

<p><b>"No character was ever thrown into such strange relief as Gilliatt... here, indeed, the true position of man in the universe." --Robert Louis Stevenson</b></p><p><i>The Toilers of the Sea </i>tells the fairytale-esque story of Gilliatt, an outcast fisherman who must rescue an engine from a wrecked steamship. If successful, he will win the hand of the shipowner's beautiful daughter, Déruchette. He will brave the harsh rocks, the freezing waves, and even the grasp of a sea monster to prove his worth. </p><p>A richly detailed study of early nineteenth-century Guernsey, <i>The Toilers of the Sea </i>is the oft-forgotten novel that completes a trilogy with Hugo's famed <i>The Hunchback of Notre Dame</i> and <i>Les Misérables</i>. It is a tribute to the drama of nature and the insignificance of man against it, to solitude in exile, and the light we choose to carry in the darkness.</p><p></p><p></p>