Toilers of the Sea

Toilers of the Sea
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"Toilers of the Sea" by Victor Hugo (translated by W. Moy Thomas). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

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Victor Hugo. Toilers of the Sea

Toilers of the Sea

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

PREFACE

TOILERS OF THE SEA

PART I.—SIEUR CLUBIN

BOOK I

THE HISTORY OF A BAD REPUTATION. I. A WORD WRITTEN ON A WHITE PAGE

II. THE BÛ DE LA RUE

III. FOR YOUR WIFE: WHEN YOU MARRY

IV. AN UNPOPULAR MAN

V. MORE SUSPICIOUS FACTS ABOUT GILLIATT

VI. THE DUTCH SLOOP

VII. A FIT TENANT FOR A HAUNTED HOUSE

VIII. THE GILD-HOLM-'UR SEAT

FOOTNOTES:

BOOK II

MESS LETHIERRY. I. A TROUBLED LIFE, BUT A QUIET CONSCIENCE

II. A CERTAIN PREDILECTION

III. THE OLD SEA LANGUAGE

IV. ONE IS VULNERABLE WHERE ONE LOVES

BOOK III

DURANDE AND DÉRUCHETTE. I. PRATTLE AND SMOKE

II. THE OLD STORY OF UTOPIA

FOOTNOTES:

III. RANTAINE

IV. CONTINUATION OF THE STORY OF UTOPIA

V. THE DEVIL BOAT

VI. LETHIERRY'S EXALTATION

VII. THE SAME GODFATHER AND THE SAME PATRON SAINT

FOOTNOTES:

VIII "BONNIE DUNDEE"

IX. THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED RANTAINE'S CHARACTER

X. LONG YARNS

XI. MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTS

XII. AN ANOMALY IN THE CHARACTER OF LETHIERRY

XIII. THOUGHTLESSNESS ADDS A GRACE TO BEAUTY

BOOK IV

THE BAGPIPE. I. STREAKS OF FIRE ON THE HORIZON

II. THE UNKNOWN UNFOLDS ITSELF BY DEGREES

III. THE AIR "BONNIE DUNDEE" FINDS AN ECHO ON THE HILL

IV

V. A DESERVED SUCCESS HAS ALWAYS ITS DETRACTORS

VI. THE SLOOP "CASHMERE" SAVES A SHIPWRECKED CREW

VII. HOW AN IDLER HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO BE SEEN BY A FISHERMAN

BOOK V

THE REVOLVER. I. CONVERSATIONS AT THE JEAN AUBERGE

II. CLUBIN OBSERVES SOMEONE

III. CLUBIN CARRIES AWAY SOMETHING AND BRINGS BACK NOTHING

IV. PLEINMONT

V. THE BIRDS'-NESTERS

VI. THE JACRESSADE

VII. NOCTURNAL BUYERS AND MYSTERIOUS SELLERS

VIII. A "CANNON" OFF THE RED BALL AND THE BLACK

IX. USEFUL INFORMATION FOR PERSONS WHO EXPECT OR FEAR THE ARRIVAL OF LETTERS FROM BEYOND SEA

BOOK VI

THE DRUNKEN STEERSMAN AND THE SOBER CAPTAIN. I. THE DOUVRES

II. AN UNEXPECTED FLASK OF BRANDY

III. CONVERSATIONS INTERRUPTED

IV. CAPTAIN CLUBIN DISPLAYS ALL HIS GREAT QUALITIES

V. CLUBIN REACHES THE CROWNING-POINT OF GLORY

VI. THE INTERIOR OF AN ABYSS SUDDENLY REVEALED

VII. AN UNEXPECTED DENOUEMENT

BOOK VII

THE DANGER OF OPENING A BOOK AT RANDOM. I. THE PEARL AT THE FOOT OF THE PRECIPICE

II. MUCH ASTONISHMENT ON THE WESTERN COAST

III. A QUOTATION FROM THE BIBLE

PART II.—MALICIOUS GILLIATT

BOOK I

THE ROCK. I. THE PLACE WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO REACH, AND DIFFICULT TO LEAVE

II. A CATALOGUE OF DISASTERS

III. SOUND; BUT NOT SAFE

IV. A PRELIMINARY SURVEY

V. A WORD UPON THE SECRET CO-OPERATIONS OF THE ELEMENTS

VI. A STABLE FOR THE HORSE

VII. A CHAMBER FOR THE VOYAGER

VIII. IMPORTUNÆQUE VOLUCRES

IX. THE ROCK, AND HOW GILLIATT USED IT

X. THE FORGE

XI. DISCOVERY

XII. THE INTERIOR OF AN EDIFICE UNDER THE SEA

XIII. WHAT WAS SEEN THERE; AND WHAT PERCEIVED DIMLY

BOOK II

THE LABOUR. I. THE RESOURCES OF ONE WHO HAS NOTHING

II. WHEREIN SHAKESPEARE AND ÆSCHYLUS MEET

III. GILLIATT'S MASTERPIECE COMES TO THE RESCUE OF THAT OF LETHIERRY

IV. SUB RE

V. SUB UMBRA

VI. GILLIATT PLACES THE SLOOP IN READINESS

VII. SUDDEN DANGER

VIII. MOVEMENT RATHER THAN PROGRESS

IX. A SLIP BETWEEN CUP AND LIP

X. SEA-WARNINGS

XI. A WORD TO THE WISE IS ENOUGH

BOOK III

THE STRUGGLE. I. EXTREMES MEET

II. THE OCEAN WINDS

III. THE NOISES EXPLAINED

IV. TURBA TURMA

V. GILLIATT'S ALTERNATIVES

VI. THE COMBAT

BOOK IV

PITFALLS IN THE WAY. I. HE WHO IS HUNGRY IS NOT ALONE

II. THE MONSTER

III. ANOTHER KIND OF SEA-COMBAT

IV. NOTHING IS HIDDEN, NOTHING LOST

V. THE FATAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIX INCHES AND TWO FEET

VI. DE PROFUNDIS AD ALTUM

VII. THE APPEAL IS HEARD

PART III.—DÉRUCHETTE

BOOK I

NIGHT AND THE MOON. I. THE HARBOUR BELL

II. THE HARBOUR BELL AGAIN

BOOK II

GRATITUDE AND DESPOTISM. I. JOY SURROUNDED BY TORTURES

II. THE LEATHERN TRUNK

BOOK III

THE DEPARTURE OF THE CASHMERE. I. THE HAVELET NEAR THE CHURCH

II. DESPAIR CONFRONTS DESPAIR

III. THE FORETHOUGHT OF SELF-SACRIFICE

IV. FOR YOUR WIFE: WHEN YOU MARRY

V. THE GREAT TOMB

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Victor Hugo

Published by Good Press, 2019

.....

As regards the books left by the deceased woman, which he was in the habit of reading, the neighbours were particularly suspicious. The Reverend Jaquemin Hérode, rector of St. Sampson, when he visited the house at the time of the woman's funeral, had read on the backs of these books the titles Rosier's Dictionary, Candide, by Voltaire, Advice to the People on Health, by Tissot. A French noble, an émigré, who had retired to St. Sampson, remarked that this Tissot, "must have been the Tissot who carried the head of the Princess de Lamballe upon a pike."

The Reverend gentleman had also remarked upon one of these books, the highly fantastic and terribly significant title, De Rhubarbaro.

.....

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