Toilers of the Sea

by Victor Hugo

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  • 407 pages
  • Year: 1866
  • ~45h 8m
  • ★★★★★

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A man from Guernsey offers his help in a dangerous trial to salvage a wrecked ship.

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Gilliat is an accomplished sailor, but due to a mysterious mother and a home locally regarded as haunted, his acceptance into Guernsey society is limited. That isolation doesn't stop him from falling for Déruchette, the "neat and delicate and pretty" niece of local ferry-owner Mess Lethierry. When the ship is involved in a catastrophic incident, Déruchette announces that she will marry the man who can salvage it; Gilliat immediately steps forwards to take on, alone, the impossible task.

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