Toilers of the sea french. Just as his most famous novel les miserables drew from his french political knowledge toilers of the sea revolves around everything he observed while there.
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In typical victor hugo style if you can get past the beginning description of every rock tree beach cliff tide weather and geology of the area toilers of the sea becomes a book you cant put down.
Victor hugo toilers of the sea. I found the toilers of the sea to be my favorite book by hugo and indeed one of my favorite all time reads. Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to transmute seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest calibre. Victor hugo the toilers of the sea happiness and despair do not breathe the same air.
Completed in 1866 when hugo was living in exile in st peter ports hautville house below it was originally published in french under the title les travailleurs de la mer. Though it cannot be compared to les miserables it is still a dramatic and engrossing read. Toilers of the sea french.
The book is dedicated to the island of guernsey where hugo spent 15 years in exile. Victor hugos toilers of the sea is one of the best known of all books written about and on guernsey. During his 15 year exile victor hugo wrote les travailleurs de la mer toilers of the sea and dedicated it to the island of guernsey.
If youve enjoyed any of hugos works but havent yet had the opportunity to read this i highly recommend toilers of the sea. Victor hugos les miserables and the hunchback of notre dame are two of the most famous books ever but his other novels are obscure in english. Les travailleurs de la mer is a novel by victor hugo published in 1866.
Set in the channel islands where hugo was exiled for a time it recounts the heroic story of a local man who risks all the little he has including his life to rescue the engines of a shipwrecked steamer and win the hand of the steamers owners niece. Hi folks 2 cents. The toilers of the sea is probably his next best known and though less great than those immortal works is another masterpiece.
Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to transmute seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest calibre. The book is dedicated to the island of guernsey where hugo spent 15 years in exile. The toilers of the sea is the least well known and the one that hollywood and broadway have not transformed into pop culture hits.
Les travailleurs de la mer is a novel by victor hugo published in 1866. As in les miserables hugo delves deep into the heart and mind of the honorable man.
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