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The Toilers of the Sea

by Victor Hugo · 1866

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A new translation by Scot James Hogarth for the first unabridged English edition of the novel, which tells the story of a reculsive fisherman from the Channel Islands who must free a ship that has run aground in order to win the hand of the woman he loves, a shipowner's daughter.

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nauticalnauticalMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 480 pages

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