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The Toilers of the Sea

Victor Hugo

A new translation by Scot James Hogarth for the first unabridged English edition of the novel, which tells the story of an illiterate fisherman from the Channel Islands who must free a ship that has run aground in order to win the hand of the woman he loves, a shipowner's daughter.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: Sep 10th, 2002
  • Pages: 480
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.20in - 1.00in - 1.10lb
  • EAN: 9780375761324
  • Categories: โ€ข Classicsโ€ข Action & Adventureโ€ข Literary

About the Author

James Hogarth was educated at Edinburgh University, and was later undersecretary in the Scottish Office.

Graham Robb's many books include Victor Hugo: A Biography, which won the 1997 Whitbread Biography Award.