{"product_id":"toilers-of-the-sea","title":"Toilers of the Sea","description":"\u003ch1\u003eToilers of the Sea\u003c\/h1\u003eVictor Hugo,Victor Hugo\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Smith \u0026amp; Taylor Classics\u003cbr\u003eDecember 10 2024\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781961884281\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1961884283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No character was ever thrown into such strange relief as Gilliatt... here, indeed, the true position of man in the universe.\" --Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Toilers of the Sea \u003c\/i\u003etells the fairytale-esque story of Gilliatt, an outcast fisherman who must rescue an engine from a wrecked steamship. If successful, he will win the hand of the shipowner's beautiful daughter, Déruchette. He will brave the harsh rocks, the freezing waves, and even the grasp of a sea monster to prove his worth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA richly detailed study of early nineteenth-century Guernsey, \u003ci\u003eThe Toilers of the Sea \u003c\/i\u003eis the oft-forgotten novel that completes a trilogy with Hugo's famed \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre Dame\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a tribute to the drama of nature and the insignificance of man against it, to solitude in exile, and the light we choose to carry in the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44070448037933,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_9c4b75ba-a04f-4e53-8b99-a16c6f9b0bf2.jpg?v=1768212260","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/toilers-of-the-sea","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}