The Toilers of the Sea (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Victor Hugo
- First Published: 1866
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Sentimental
- Time of Work: The 1820’s
- Setting: The Isle of Guernsey
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Islands, Greed, Ships, Theft, Sea or seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Smuggling or smugglers, Great Britain
- Locales: Guernsey, England, Isle of Guernsey, England
Characters Discussed
Gilliatt (zheel-YAHT), a young recluse living on the Isle of Guernsey and looked on with suspicion by most of his fellow parishioners. He saves his friend’s fortune with great difficulty and nobly gives up to another the promised reward of marriage to the girl he loves. Finally, sitting on the very rock from which he once rescued his now successful rival, he lets himself be drowned by the high tide.
Mess Lethierry (leh-tyeh-REE), a shipowner and Gilliatt’s friend. His partner having run away with his money, Lethierry attempts to recoup his...
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