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Toilers of the Sea
by Victor Hugo
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Toilers of the Sea is a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1866. The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Hugo spent 15 years in exile. Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to transmute seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest calibre. Les Travailleurs de la Mer is set just after the Napoleonic Wars and deals with the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon the island.
First published: 2019 350 pages
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Category: French LiteratureCategory: NovelsChannel Islands -- FictionContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)Fate and fatalismFictionFiction, action & adventureFishers -- FictionFransFrench fictionFrench fiction -- Translations into EnglishFrench literatureGuernsey (Channel Islands) -- FictionIllustratiesSailors -- FictionSea storiesTranslations into English
