The Toilers of the Sea (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Victor Hugo
- First Published: 1866
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Sentimental
- Time of Work: 1820’s
- Setting: The Isle of Guernsey
- Principal Characters: Gilliatt, Mess Lethierry, Déruchette, Sieur Clubin, Rantaine, Ebenezer Caudray
- 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
The Story:
In the parish of St. Sampson, Gilliatt was a strange figure. He and his mother had come to the Isle of Guernsey some years before and had made their home in an old house by the shore. Nobody knew where they came from, but most people decided that they were French. When Gilliatt grew to young manhood, his mother died, and he was left alone to make his livelihood by fishing and cultivating. To the superstitious people of the town, he was a figure to be feared, for they were sure he had power to communicate with evil spirits and to cure strange ailments. The young man...
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