Les Travailleurs de la mer

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Les Travailleurs de la mer is a novel by Victor Hugo that dramatizes human struggle against the sea and industrial progress, set on the island of Guernsey.

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instanceOf novel
author Victor Hugo
containsElement descriptions of the sea
mythic and symbolic imagery
countryOfOrigin France
dedicatedTo Guernsey
surface form: the island of Guernsey
explores moral heroism
relationship between humans and technology
religious symbolism
featuresTechnology steamship
genre adventure novel
romantic novel
sea story
hasAdaptation film adaptations
stage adaptations
hasCharacter Déruchette
Gilliatt
Lethierry
hasIllustrationsBy Victor Hugo (in some editions)
hasMainCharacter Gilliatt
hasMotive salvage of a steamship
shipwreck
hasStructure divided into multiple parts
hasSubject maritime life around the Channel Islands
hasSymbol the sea as a hostile force
the steamship as industrial progress
hasTitleInEnglish Toilers of the Sea
influenced later sea literature
literaryMovement Romanticism
literarySignificance major work of Victor Hugo’s later career
mainTheme conflict between man and the sea
human struggle against nature
industrial progress
sacrifice
solitude
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage French
partOf Victor Hugo’s exile works
placeOfWriting Guernsey
publicationYear 1866
publisher Hetzel
setting Guernsey
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century
writtenDuring Victor Hugo’s exile in Guernsey

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Victor Hugo notableWork Les Travailleurs de la mer