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Introduction
Part 1 Sieur Clubin
Book 1 What a Bad Reputation Is Composed Of
I A Word Written on a Blank Page 1
II The Bu de la Rue 3
III "For Your Wife, When You Marry" 6
IV Unpopularity 9
V Other Suspicious Things About Gilliatt 16
VI The Paunch 18
VII For a Haunted House, a Visionary Inhabitant 22
VIII The Chair Gild-Holm-'Ur 24
Book 2 Mess Lethierry
I A Restless Life and a Quiet Conscience 27
II A Taste Which He Had 29
III The Ancient Dialect of the Sea 30
IV One is Vulnerable Through What One Loves 32
Book 3 Durande and Deruchette
I Chatter and Smoke 35
II The Eternal Story of Utopia 37
III Rantaine 39
IV Continuation of the Story of Utopia 42
V The Devil Boat 43
VI Entrance of Lethierry into Glory 47
VII The Same Godfather and the Same Protectress 49
VIII "Bonny Dundee" 51
IX The Man Who Had Seen Through Rantaine 53
X Tales of Long Voyages 54
XI A Glance at Possible Husbands 57
XII An Exception in the Character of Lethierry 58
XIII Heedlessness Adds New Grace to Beauty 61
Book 4 The Bagpipe
I The First Red Gleams of Dawn, or a Conflagration 63
II An Entrance, Step by Step, Into the Unknown 65
III The Air "Bonny Dundee" Finds an Echo on the Hill 67
IV Pour l'oncle et le tuteur, bonshommes taciturnes, Les serenades sont des tapages nocturnes 68
V Well-Merited Success is Always Hated 70
VI The Luck of a Shipwrecked Crew in Meeting a Sloop 71
VII The Luck of an Idler in Being Seen by a Fisherman 73
Book 5 The Revolver
I The Conversations at the Jean Tavern 77
II Clubin Perceives Someone 82
III Clubin Carries Away and Does Not Bring Back 85
IV Plainmont 87
V The Bird-Nesters 92
VI La Jacressarde 101
VII Nocturnal Purchases and a Shady Vendor 106
VIII The Red Ball and the Black Ball Carom 109
IX Information Useful to Persons Who Await or Who Fear Letters from Across the Sea 117
Book 6 The Drunken Helmsman and the Sober Captain
I The Douvres Rocks 123
II Unexpected Brandy 125
III Interrupted Conversations 128
IV In Which Captain Clubin Displays All His Qualities 135
V Clubin Puts the Finishing Touch to Admiration 140
VI The Interior of an Abyss Illuminated 144
VII The Unexpected Intervenes 150
Book 7 The Imprudence of Asking Questions of a Book
I The Pearl at the Bottom of the Precipice 155
II Much Astonishment on the Western Coast 161
III Tempt Not the Bible 165
Part 2 Gilliatt the Crafty
Book 1 The Reef
I The Place Which Is Hard to Reach and Difficult to Leave 173
II The Thoroughness of the Disaster 177
III Sound, But Not Safe 180
IV A Preliminary Examination 181
V A Word as to the Secret Cooperations of the Elements 184
VI A Stable for the Horse 187
VII A Room for the Traveler 189
VIII Importunaeque Volucres 196
IX The Reef and How To Use It 198
X The Forge 201
XI A Discovery 204
XII The Interior of a Submarine Edifice 207
XIII What One Sees There, and What One Gets a Glimpse Of 209
Book 2 The Labor
I The Resources of One Who Lacks Everything 215
II How Shakespeare and Aeschylus Can Meet 217
III Gilliatt's Masterpiece Comes to the Aid of Lethierry's Masterpiece 219
IV Sub Re 222
V Sub Umbra 227
VI Gilliatt Brings the Paunch into Position 231
VII A Danger at Once 234
VIII Change Rather Than Conclusion 236
IX Success Snatched Away as Soon as Granted 239
X The Warnings of the Sea 241
XI A Word to the Wise is Sufficient 244
Book 3 The Battle
I Extremes Meet 247
II Sea Breezes 248
III Explanation of the Noise to Which Gilliatt Listened 251
IV Turba, Turma 254
V Gilliatt Has His Choice 256
VI The Combat 257
Book 4 The False Bottoms
I A Man Who is Hungry is Not the Only Hungry One 275
II The Monster 279
III Another Form of Combat in the Gulf 285
IV Nothing is Hidden and Nothing is Lost 288
V In the Interval That Separates Six Inches from Two Feet There is Room to Lodge Death 291
VI De Profundis ad Altum 294
VII There is an Ear in the Unknown 300
Part 3 Deruchette
Book 1 Night and Moon
I The Bell of the Port 303
II Again the Port Bell 315
Book 2 Gratitude in Full Despotism
I Joy Surrounded by Anguish 323
II The Leather Trunk 330
Book 3 Departure of the Cashmere
I The Havelet Quite Close to the Church 333
II Despairs in Presence of Each Other 335
III The Foresight of Abnegation 342
IV "For Your Wife, When You Marry" 346
V The Great Tomb 349
Afterword

Title: The Toilers of the Sea

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Publication Date: September 2002

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The Toilers of the Sea

Of the three Victor Hugo novels most readily available in the U.S., The Toilers of the Sea is the least well-known and the one that Hollywood and Broadway have not transformed into pop culture hits. Set in the Channel Islands, where Hugo was exiled for a time, it recounts the heroic story of a local man who risks all the little he has, including his life, to rescue the engines of a shipwrecked steamer and win the hand of the steamer's owner's niece. Because it is Hugo there is much description and explanatory text of the channel, the islands, the weather, tides, sailing and the newly invented steamboats, the history and culture of these partly English, partly French islands, the making of revolvers, and the various sea creatures that play a role in the novel's plot. These supportive essay-like chapters are almost always interesting, though they sometimes result is some funny transitions when Hugo begins a chapter that resumes his narrative as if the conversation he was picking up again was separated from its start by a few pages, not ninety.

A friend of mine says that Hugo may be the smartest writer he has ever read and I think he might be right. If not the smartest, he is the most curious and generous in sharing what his curiosity nets in clear and precise prose. But the narrative (perhaps half the book, maybe a hair less) is compelling, an insightful examination of human nature with characters of great depth if somewhat monolithic nature (Gilliatt, Lethierry, his niece, the young minister are good; Rantaine and a few others are not just rogues but pure evil). Hugo is fascinated by extremes and the pressures and dilemmas they create for others. Despite the black and white nature of the characters, consequences are complex and have less than predictable results, which makes the reading rewarding.

So does Hugo's prose: "The scar of human work can be seen on the work of God." "The dream world is the aquarium of the night." "Facts are a rising tide." "The human heart is a practiced spy." "Nothing is more inept than integrity under threat from the law." "Any number is zero when compared to infinity." There are countless examples of such sharp, fertile observations. And the sustained descriptions are equally startling in their clarity and power. Hugo is one of the elite of the masters of world literature.

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	Introduction
Part 1	Sieur Clubin
Book 1	What a Bad Reputation Is Composed Of
I	A Word Written on a Blank Page	1
II	The Bu de la Rue	3
III	"For Your Wife, When You Marry"	6
IV	Unpopularity	9
V	Other Suspicious Things About Gilliatt	16
VI	The Paunch	18
VII	For a Haunted House, a Visionary Inhabitant	22
VIII	The Chair Gild-Holm-'Ur	24
Book 2	Mess Lethierry
I	A Restless Life and a Quiet Conscience	27
II	A Taste Which He Had	29
III	The Ancient Dialect of the Sea	30
IV	One is Vulnerable Through What One Loves	32
Book 3	Durande and Deruchette
I	Chatter and Smoke	35
II	The Eternal Story of Utopia	37
III	Rantaine	39
IV	Continuation of the Story of Utopia	42
V	The Devil Boat	43
VI	Entrance of Lethierry into Glory	47
VII	The Same Godfather and the Same Protectress	49
VIII	"Bonny Dundee"	51
IX	The Man Who Had Seen Through Rantaine	53
X	Tales of Long Voyages	54
XI	A Glance at Possible Husbands	57
XII	An Exception in the Character of Lethierry	58
XIII	Heedlessness Adds New Grace to Beauty	61
Book 4	The Bagpipe
I	The First Red Gleams of Dawn, or a Conflagration	63
II	An Entrance, Step by Step, Into the Unknown	65
III	The Air "Bonny Dundee" Finds an Echo on the Hill	67
IV	Pour l'oncle et le tuteur, bonshommes taciturnes, Les serenades sont des tapages nocturnes	68
V	Well-Merited Success is Always Hated	70
VI	The Luck of a Shipwrecked Crew in Meeting a Sloop	71
VII	The Luck of an Idler in Being Seen by a Fisherman	73
Book 5	The Revolver
I	The Conversations at the Jean Tavern	77
II	Clubin Perceives Someone	82
III	Clubin Carries Away and Does Not Bring Back	85
IV	Plainmont	87
V	The Bird-Nesters	92
VI	La Jacressarde	101
VII	Nocturnal Purchases and a Shady Vendor	106
VIII	The Red Ball and the Black Ball Carom	109
IX	Information Useful to Persons Who Await or Who Fear Letters from Across the Sea	117
Book 6	The Drunken Helmsman and the Sober Captain
I	The Douvres Rocks	123
II	Unexpected Brandy	125
III	Interrupted Conversations	128
IV	In Which Captain Clubin Displays All His Qualities	135
V	Clubin Puts the Finishing Touch to Admiration	140
VI	The Interior of an Abyss Illuminated	144
VII	The Unexpected Intervenes	150
Book 7	The Imprudence of Asking Questions of a Book
I	The Pearl at the Bottom of the Precipice	155
II	Much Astonishment on the Western Coast	161
III	Tempt Not the Bible	165
Part 2	Gilliatt the Crafty
Book 1	The Reef
I	The Place Which Is Hard to Reach and Difficult to Leave	173
II	The Thoroughness of the Disaster	177
III	Sound, But Not Safe	180
IV	A Preliminary Examination	181
V	A Word as to the Secret Cooperations of the Elements	184
VI	A Stable for the Horse	187
VII	A Room for the Traveler	189
VIII	Importunaeque Volucres	196
IX	The Reef and How To Use It	198
X	The Forge	201
XI	A Discovery	204
XII	The Interior of a Submarine Edifice	207
XIII	What One Sees There, and What One Gets a Glimpse Of	209
Book 2	The Labor
I	The Resources of One Who Lacks Everything	215
II	How Shakespeare and Aeschylus Can Meet	217
III	Gilliatt's Masterpiece Comes to the Aid of Lethierry's Masterpiece	219
IV	Sub Re	222
V	Sub Umbra	227
VI	Gilliatt Brings the Paunch into Position	231
VII	A Danger at Once	234
VIII	Change Rather Than Conclusion	236
IX	Success Snatched Away as Soon as Granted	239
X	The Warnings of the Sea	241
XI	A Word to the Wise is Sufficient	244
Book 3	The Battle
I	Extremes Meet	247
II	Sea Breezes	248
III	Explanation of the Noise to Which Gilliatt Listened	251
IV	Turba, Turma	254
V	Gilliatt Has His Choice	256
VI	The Combat	257
Book 4	The False Bottoms
I	A Man Who is Hungry is Not the Only Hungry One	275
II	The Monster	279
III	Another Form of Combat in the Gulf	285
IV	Nothing is Hidden and Nothing is Lost	288
V	In the Interval That Separates Six Inches from Two Feet There is Room to Lodge Death	291
VI	De Profundis ad Altum	294
VII	There is an Ear in the Unknown	300
Part 3	Deruchette
Book 1	Night and Moon
I	The Bell of the Port	303
II	Again the Port Bell	315
Book 2	Gratitude in Full Despotism
I	Joy Surrounded by Anguish	323
II	The Leather Trunk	330
Book 3	Departure of the Cashmere
I	The Havelet Quite Close to the Church	333
II	Despairs in Presence of Each Other	335
III	The Foresight of Abnegation	342
IV	"For Your Wife, When You Marry"	346
V	The Great Tomb	349
	Afterword