TY - BOOK AU - Hugo,Victor AU - Rhys,Ernest AU - Thomas,W.Moy TI - Toilers of the sea T2 - Everyman's library, no. 509 AV - PQ PY - 2010/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Fishers -- Fiction KW - Sailors -- Fiction KW - French fiction -- Translations into English KW - Guernsey (Channel Islands) -- Fiction KW - Channel Islands -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilers_of_the_Sea; Release date is 2010-05-12; Steven Gibbs, Jane Hyland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Toilers of the Sea" by Victor Hugo is a novel published in 1866. Set on Guernsey after the Napoleonic Wars, it follows Gilliatt, a social outcast who loves Deruchette, a shipowner's niece. When a steamship wrecks on a dangerous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whoever salvages its engine. Gilliatt volunteers for this perilous mission, facing extreme physical challenges including a deadly battle with an octopus, while enduring the scorn of his community in pursuit of an uncertain reward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32338 ER -