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Toilers of the Sea (Version 2)

The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Victor Hugo spent 15 years in exile. Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to convert seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest caliber. Set just after the Napoleonic Wars, Toilers of the Sea deals with the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon the island. The story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner, Mess Lethierry. When Lethierry's ship is wrecked on a perilous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whoever can salvage the ship's steam engine. Gilliatt eagerly volunteers, and the story follows his physical trials and tribulations, as well as the undeserved disapproval of his neighbors.
This is a recording of the Isabel Hapgood translation, long considered the best of early translations of the work. - Summary by John Greenman

Year of Publication: 1888Genres: Nautical & Marine Fiction , Published 1800 -1900 , Culture & Heritage Fiction , Romance

Running Time: 17 hours 04 minutes 53 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Volume I - Dedication & Preface John Greenman	2:17
2	Book First - What a Bad Reputation is Composed of - Chapter I - A Word Written on a Blank Page John Greenman	4:50
3	Chaptef II - The Bû de la Rue John Greenman	11:07
4	Chapter III - For your Wife when you Marry John Greenman	8:11
5	Chapter IV - Unpopularity John Greenman	20:52
6	Chapter V - Other Suspicious Things about Gilliatt John Greenman	7:18
7	Chapter VI - The Paunch Boat John Greenman	12:21
8	Chapter VII - For a Haunted House, a Visionary Inhabitant John Greenman	7:19
9	Chapter VIII - The Chair of Gild-Holm-'Ur John Greenman	6:25
10	Book Second - Mess Lethierry - Chapter I - A Restless Life and a Quiet Conscience John Greenman	5:44
11	Chapter II - A Taste which he had John Greenman	4:41
12	Chapter III - The Ancient Dialect of the Sea John Greenman	6:15
13	Chapter IV - One is Vulnerable through what one Loves John Greenman	3:42
14	Book Third - Durande and Déruchette - Chapter I - Chatter and Smoke John Greenman	8:24
15	Chapter II - The Eternal History of Utopia John Greenman	5:05
16	Chapter III - Rantaine John Greenman	9:31
17	Chapter IV - Continuation of the History of Utopia John Greenman	5:42
18	Chapter V - The Devil-Boat John Greenman	11:59
19	Chapter VI - Entrance of Lethierry into Glory John Greenman	5:17
20	Chapter VII - The same Godfather and the same Protectress John Greenman	5:33
21	Chapter VIII - "Bonny Dundee" John Greenman	8:25
22	Chapter IX - The Man who had seen through Rantaine John Greenman	3:00
23	Chapter X - Tales of Long Voyages John Greenman	7:00
24	Chapter XI - A Glance at Possible Husbands John Greenman	3:12
25	Chapter XII - An Exception in the Character of Lethierry John Greenman	11:43
26	Chapter XIII - Heedlessness adds New Grace to Beauty John Greenman	3:33
27	Book Fourth - The Bagpipe - Chaprer I - The First Gleams of Dawn, or a Conflagration John Greenman	6:25
28	Chapter II - An Entrance, Step by Step, into the Unknown John Greenman	5:59
29	Chapter III - The Air "Bonny Dundee" finds an Echo on the Hill John Greenman	3:15
30	Chapter IV - A Nocturnal Serenade John Greenman	5:20
31	Chapter V - Well-Merited Success is always Hated John Greenman	3:29
32	Chapter VI - The Luck of a Shipwrecked Crew in meeting a Sloop John Greenman	5:39
33	Book Fifth - The Revolver - Chapter I - The Conversation at the Jean Tavern John Greenman	18:27
34	Chapter II - Clubin perceives some one John Greenman	5:58
35	Chapter III - Clubin Carries Away and does not Bring Back John Greenman	6:49
36	Chapter IV - Plainmont John Greenman	18:07
37	Chapter V - The Bird-Nesters John Greenman	22:07
38	Chapter VI - The Jacressarde John Greenman	17:17
39	Chapter VII - Nocturnal Purchasers and a Shady Vendor John Greenman	7:29
40	Chapter VIII - The Red Ball and the Black Ball Carom John Greenman	22:39
41	Chapter IX - Information Useful to Persons who await or who fear Letters from Across the Sea John Greenman	10:11
42	Book Sixth - The Drunken Helmsman and the Sober Captain - Chapter I - The Douvres Rocks John Greenman	8:13
43	Chapter II - Unexpected Brandy John Greenman	8:42
44	Chapter III - Interrupted Conversations John Greenman	17:20
45	Chapter IV - In which Captain Clubin displays all his Qualities John Greenman	12:59
46	Chapter V - Clubin puts the Finishing Touch to Admiration John Greenman	9:35
47	Chapter VI - The Interior of an Abyss Illuminated John Greenman	20:59
48	Chapter VII - The Unexpected intervenes John Greenman	9:46
49	Book Seventh - The Imprudence of asking Questions of a. Book - Chapter I - The Pearl at the Bottom of the Precipice John Greenman	19:27
50	Chapter II - Much Astonishment on the Western Coast John Greenman	11:19
51	Chapter III - Tempt not the Bible John Greenman	20:39
52	Volume II - Part Two - Gilliatt The Crafty - Book First - The Reef - Chapter I - The Place which it is Hard to Reach and Difficult to Leave John Greenman	13:24
53	Chapter II - The Thoroughness of the Disaster John Greenman	7:20
54	Chapter III - Sound but not Safe John Greenman	3:54
55	Chapter IV - A Preliminary Exmination John Greenman	7:19
56	Chapter V - A Word as to the Secret Cooperation of the Elements John Greenman	10:22
57	Chapter VI - A Stable for the Horse John Greenman	5:54
58	Chapter VII - A Chamber for the Traveller John Greenman	18:20
59	Chapter VIII - Importunaeque Volucres John Greenman	5:36
60	Chapter IX - The Reef, and the Manner of Using it John Greenman	8:01
61	Chapter X - The Forge John Greenman	10:44
62	Chapter XI - A Discovery John Greenman	10:20
63	Chapter XII - The Interior of a Submarine Edifice John Greenman	5:33
64	Chapter XIII - What one sees there, and what one gets a Glimpse of John Greenman	14:53
65	Book Second - Labor - Chapter I - The Resources of one who lacks Everything John Greenman	7:03
66	Chapter II - How Shakespeare and Aeschylus can meet John Greenman	4:42
67	Chapter III - Gilliatt's Masterpiece comes to the succor of Lethierry's Masterpiece John Greenman	9:09
68	Chapter IV - Sub Re John Greenman	15:42
69	Chapter V - Sub Umbra John Greenman	16:50
70	Chapter VI - Gilliatt brings the Paunch into Position John Greenman	6:31
71	Chapter VII - A Danger at Once John Greenman	8:24
72	Chapter VIII - Change rather than Conclusion John Greenman	8:48
73	Chapter IX - Success snatched away as soon as granted John Greenman	4:04
74	Chapter X - The Warnings of the Sea John Greenman	7:41
75	Chapter XI - A Word to the Wise is Sufficient John Greenman	7:06
76	Book Third - The Battle - Chapter I - Extremes Meet John Greenman	4:13
77	Chapter II - Sea Breezes John Greenman	9:17
78	Chapter III - Explanation of the Noise to which Gilliatt Listened John Greenman	8:51
79	Chapter IV - Turba, Turma John Greenman	6:07
80	Chapter V - Gilliatt has his Choice John Greenman	2:32
81	Chapter VI - The Combat John Greenman	51:20
82	Book Four - The Pitfalls of the Obstacle - Chapter I - A Man who is Hungry is not the only Hungry one John Greenman	11:37
83	Chapter II - The Monster John Greenman	20:49
84	Chapter III - Another Form of Combat in the Gulf John Greenman	7:13
85	Chapter IV - Nothing is Hidden and Nothing is Lost John Greenman	9:48
86	Chapter V - In the Interval which Separates Six Inches from Two Feet there is Room to Lodge Death John Greenman	8:41
87	Chapter VI - De Profundis ad Altum John Greenman	16:56
88	Chapter VII - There is an Ear in the Unknown John Greenman	4:48
89	Part Third - Déruchette - Book First - Night and Morn - Chapter I - The Bell of the Port John Greenman	37:45
90	Chapter II - Again the Port Bell John Greenman	21:15
91	Book Second - Gratitude in Full Despotism - Chapter I - Joy Surrounded by Anguish John Greenman	24:41
92	Chapter II - The Leather Trunk John Greenman	5:14
93	Book Third - Departure of the "Cashmere" - Chapter I - The Havelet quite close to the Church John Greenman	7:31
94	Chapter II - Despairs in Presence of Each Other John Greenman	18:25
95	Chapter III - The Foresight of Abnegation John Greenman	12:13
96	Chapter IV - "For your Wife when you Marry" John Greenman	8:34
97	Chapter V - The Great Tomb John Greenman	21:47