• Toilers of the Sea (Version 2) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

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Toilers of the Sea (Version 2) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

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  • The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Victor Hugo spent 15 years in exile. Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to convert seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest caliber. Set just after the Napoleonic Wars, Toilers of the Sea deals with the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon the island. 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 a perilous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whoever can salvage the ship's steam engine. Gilliatt eagerly volunteers, and the story follows his physical trials and tribulations, as well as the undeserved disapproval of his neighbors.
    This is a recording of the Isabel Hapgood translation, long considered the best of early translations of the work. - Summary by John Greenman
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Episodes
  • Chapter II - The Monster

    Chapter II - The Monster
    Jan 21 2025
    21 mins
  • Book Third - Departure of the "Cashmere" - Chapter I - The Havelet quite close to the Church

    Book Third - Departure of the "Cashmere" - Chapter I - The Havelet quite close to the Church
    Jan 21 2025
    8 mins
  • Chapter IV - Nothing is Hidden and Nothing is Lost

    Chapter IV - Nothing is Hidden and Nothing is Lost
    Jan 21 2025
    10 mins

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