Toilers of the Sea - Victor Hugo - Paperback

Upon a desolate rock, Victor Hugo sets one man to combat Nature, God & the Unknown in hand-to-hand combat. When a steamboat is wrecked on a reef in the English Channel, Gilliatt, an enigmatic & outcast fisherman of a nearby island reputed to be a sorcerer, volunteers to go to the reef, salvage the steamboat's engine, & return--with the expectation of marrying the owner's niece. To salvage the engine--lacking food, shelter & water, with only the simplest of tools--is an impossible task. Gilliatt accomplishes it, only to face a second impossible task: to win the affection of the niece, who is in love with another man. This is a classic story of a man alone & heroic, which Hugo intended to form a trilogy with LES MISERABLES & THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. This edition has new type & an attractive, full color cover. Includes a map of Guernsey & an introduction by Dr. Shoshana Milgram Knapp.Hugo, Victor is the author of 'Toilers of the Sea - Victor Hugo - Paperback' with ISBN 9780962685477 and ISBN 096268547X.