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Toilers of the Sea

The eternal conflict between the will of man and the power of nature, as expressed by the sea. Contains a realistic and rhapsodical description of the Needles, the pointed rocks in the English Channel, and a man's terrifying fight with an octopus.

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  • "Toilers of the sea"@en
  • "Works of Victor Marie Hugo"@en
  • "Victor Hugo's works"@en
  • "Ninety-three"
  • "Travailleurs del la mer"@en

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  • "The eternal conflict between the will of man and the power of nature, as expressed by the sea. Contains a realistic and rhapsodical description of the Needles, the pointed rocks in the English Channel, and a man's terrifying fight with an octopus."@en
  • "This paperback original is a new translation of Hugo's great novel of the sea and includes comprehensive endnotes and Hugo's illustrations, which have never been reproduced in any edition of this monumental work."
  • "This paperback original is a new translation of Hugo's great novel of the sea and includes comprehensive endnotes and Hugo's illustrations, which have never been reproduced in any edition of this monumental work."@en
  • "Story of an illiterate fisherman from the Channel Islands who must free a ship that has run aground in order to win the hand of the woman he loves, a shipowner's daughter. Gilliat, the embattled fisherman, contends with sea storms and monstrous predators that Hugo describes in exhilarating detail. Intended to be part of a triptych with Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, the book laments the living conditions of impoverished workers, while celebrating their ingenuity and discipline."@en
  • ""The story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner, Mess Lethierry. When Lethierry's ship is wrecked on the Roches Douvres, a perilous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whomever can salvage the ship's steam engine. Gilliatt eagerly volunteers, and the story follows both his physical trials and tribulations (which includes a battle with an octopus), as well as the undeserved opprobrium of his neighbours"--Wikipedia."
  • "Story of an illiterate fisherman from the Channel Islands who must free a ship that has run aground in order to win the hand of the woman he loves, a shipowner's daughter. Gilliat, the embattled fisherman, contends with sea storms and monstrous predators, including an octopus. Intended to be part of a triptych with Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, the book laments the living conditions of impoverished workers, while celebrating their ingenuity and discipline."@en
  • "A tale of high adventure on the seas, along with a touching love story."
  • "The eternal conflict between the will of man and the power of nature, as expressed by the sea. Contains a realistic and rhapsodical description of the Needles, the pointed rocks in the English Channel, and a man's terrifying fight with an octopus. For other editions, see Author Catalog."

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  • "Miniature books (Printing)"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Photoplay editions"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Powieść francuska"
  • "Yellowbacks"
  • "Yellowbacks"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Translations"@en
  • "Novels"@en
  • "Adaptations"@en
  • "Sea stories"@en
  • "Sea stories"
  • "Adventure fiction"
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Specimens"@en
  • "Action and adventure fiction"@en
  • "Dime novels"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Adventure stories"

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  • "Toilers of the Sea"@en
  • "The toilers of the sea. A novel"@en
  • "Toilers of the sea Travailleurs de la mer"
  • "The toilers of the seas"@en
  • "... The toilers of the sea. A novel"@en
  • "The toilers of the sea : Roman"
  • "[Toilers of the Sea ... Authorised English translation by W.M. Thomas.]"@en
  • "Toilers of the sea"
  • "Toilers of the sea"@en
  • "The toilers of the sea : a novel"@en
  • "The toilers of the sea : a novel"
  • "Toilers of the Sea. Translated by W. May [or rather, Moy] Thomas. Introduction by F.C. Green"@en
  • "Toilers of the sea = les travailleurs de la mer"@en
  • "The romances of Victor Hugo. The toilers of the sea"@en
  • "Toilers of the sea : a novel"
  • "Toilers of the sea, by Victor Hugo. Authorized English translation by W. Moy Thomas"
  • "The toilers of the sea : a romance of the Island of Guernsey"@en
  • "The toilers of the sea"
  • "The toilers of the sea"@en
  • "The toilers of the sea A novel"@en
  • "The toilers of the sea a novel"
  • "The toilers of the sea a novel"@en
  • "The Toilers of the sea"@en
  • "The Toilers of the sea"
  • "Toilers of the sea : authorized English tr"
  • "The toilers of the sea; a novel"@en
  • "Toilers of the sea ; Ninety-three, pt. 1"
  • "The toilers of the sea : in two volumes"@en
  • "The Toilers of the Sea"@en
  • "Toilers of the sea : a romance"@en

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