by Victor Hugo · Cedro · tapa dura · ISBN 9788470420405
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The Toilers of the Sea is an adventure novel by French author Victor Hugo, published in 1866. The story focuses on Gilliatt, a fisherman from the island of Guernsey, who falls in love with Déruchette, the niece of a shipowner. When her uncle's ship is wrecked, Gilliatt offers to rescue the ship's steam engine, a dangerous and almost impossible task. The novel explores themes such as love, courage, man's struggle against nature, and social criticism.
French novelist, poet and dramatist, leading figure of Romanticism and author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
