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Toilers of the Sea
章节(114)
- Introduction 0:00
- Preface 5:35
- Dedication 6:40
- Part I: Sieur Clubin: Book I: The History of a Bad Reputation 7:01
- I: A Word Written on a White Page 7:13
- II: The Bû de la Rue 11:34
- III: For Your Wife: When You Marry 23:04
- IV: An Unpopular Man 31:04
- V: More Suspicious Facts About Gilliatt 52:53
- VI: The Dutch Sloop 1:00:15
- VII: A Fit Tenant for a Haunted House 1:12:31
- VIII: The Gild-Holm-’Ur Seat 1:19:47
- Book II: Mess Lethierry 1:26:00
- I: A Troubled Life, but a Quiet Conscience 1:26:07
- II: A Certain Predilection 1:31:18
- III: The Old Sea Language 1:35:41
- IV: One Is Vulnerable Where One Loves 1:40:47
- Book III: Durande and Déruchette 1:44:25
- I: Prattle and Smoke 1:44:33
- II: The Old Story of Utopia 1:52:24
- III: Rantaine 1:57:02
- IV: Continuation of the Story of Utopia 2:06:06
- V: The Devil Boat 2:11:21
- VI: Lethierry’s Exaltation 2:21:40
- VII: The Same Godfather and the Same Patron Saint 2:26:23
- VIII: “Bonnie Dundee” 2:31:33
- IX: The Man Who Discovered Rantaine’s Character 2:39:29
- X: Long Yarns 2:42:17
- XI: Matrimonial Prospects 2:48:45
- XII: An Anomaly in the Character of Lethierry 2:51:41
- XIII: Thoughtlessness Adds a Grace to Beauty 3:03:14
- Book IV: The Bagpipe 3:06:26
- I: Streaks of Fire on the Horizon 3:06:33
- II: The Unknown Unfolds Itself by Degrees 3:11:34
- III: The Air “Bonnie Dundee” Finds an Echo on the Hill 3:16:44
- IV 3:19:34
- V: A Deserved Success Has Always Its Detractors 3:24:14
- VI: The Sloop Cashmere Saves a Shipwrecked Crew 3:27:09
- VII: How an Idler Had the Good Fortune to Be Seen by a Fisherman 3:32:13
- Book V: The Revolver 3:37:29
- I: Conversations at the Jean Auberge 3:37:36
- II: Clubin Observes Someone 3:55:19
- III: Clubin Carries Away Something and Brings Back Nothing 4:01:11
- IV: Pleinmont 4:07:30
- V: The Birds’-Nesters 4:24:02
- VI: The Jacressade 4:49:21
- VII: Nocturnal Buyers and Mysterious Sellers 5:06:12
- VIII: A “Cannon” Off the Red Ball and the Black 5:13:05
- IX: Useful Information for Persons Who Expect or Fear the Arrival of Letters from Beyond Sea 5:34:35
- Book VI: The Drunken Steersman and the Sober Captain 5:44:01
- I: The Douvres 5:44:13
- II: An Unexpected Flask of Brandy 5:51:08
- III: Conversations Interrupted 5:59:22
- IV: Captain Clubin Displays All His Great Qualities 6:15:58
- V: Clubin Reaches the Crowning-Point of Glory 6:28:05
- VI: The Interior of an Abyss Suddenly Revealed 6:37:15
- VII: An Unexpected Denouement 6:57:44
- Book VII: The Danger of Opening a Book at Random 7:07:38
- I: The Pearl at the Foot of the Precipice 7:07:49
- II: Much Astonishment on the Western Coast 7:26:43
- III: A Quotation from the Bible 7:37:24
- Part II: Malicious Gilliatt: Book I: The Rock 7:56:52
- I: The Place Which Is Difficult to Reach, and Difficult to Leave 7:57:00
- II: A Catalogue of Disasters 8:09:51
- III: Sound; But Not Safe 8:16:53
- IV: A Preliminary Survey 8:20:36
- V: A Word Upon the Secret Co-Operations of the Elements 8:27:34
- VI: A Stable for the Horse 8:37:21
- VII: A Chamber for the Voyager 8:42:49
- VIII: Importunæque Volucres 9:00:26
- IX: The Rock, and How Gilliatt Used It 9:05:41
- X: The Forge 9:13:36
- XI: Discovery 9:24:21
- XII: The Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea 9:33:51
- XIII: What Was Seen There; and What Perceived Dimly 9:39:00
- Book II: The Labour 9:52:47
- I: The Resources of One Who Has Nothing 9:52:52
- II: Wherein Shakespeare and Aeschylus Meet 9:59:18
- III: Gilliatt’s Masterpiece Comes to the Rescue of That of Lethierry 10:03:41
- IV: Sub Re 10:11:37
- V: Sub Umbra 10:26:54
- VI: Gilliatt Places the Sloop in Readiness 10:42:18
- VII: Sudden Danger 10:48:19
- VIII: Movement Rather Than Progress 10:56:14
- IX: A Slip Between Cup and Lip 11:04:28
- X: Sea-Warnings 11:08:14
- XI: A Word to the Wise Is Enough 11:15:50
- Book III: The Struggle 11:22:18
- I: Extremes Meet 11:22:23
- II: The Ocean Winds 11:25:54
- III: The Noises Explained 11:34:33
- IV: Turba Turma 11:42:51
- V: Gilliatt’s Alternatives 11:48:06
- VI: The Combat 11:50:13
- Book IV: Pitfalls in the Way 12:38:53
- I: He Who Is Hungry Is Not Alone 12:39:01
- II: The Monster 12:50:25
- III: Another Kind of Sea-Combat 13:09:56
- IV: Nothing Is Hidden, Nothing Lost 13:16:09
- V: The Fatal Difference Between Six Inches and Two Feet 13:24:31
- VI: De Profundis Ad Altum 13:32:40
- VII: The Appeal Is Heard 13:49:11
- Part III: Déruchette: Book I: Night and the Moon 13:53:34
- I: The Harbour Bell 13:53:44
- II: The Harbour Bell Again 14:31:38
- Book II: Gratitude and Despotism 14:52:07
- I: Joy Surrounded by Tortures 14:52:16
- II: The Leathern Trunk 15:15:23
- Book III: The Departure of the Cashmere 15:19:59
- I: The Havelet Near the Church 15:20:07
- II: Despair Confronts Despair 15:26:42
- III: The Forethought of Self-Sacrifice 15:44:34
- IV: For Your Wife: When You Marry 15:55:15
- V: The Great Tomb 16:02:57
Gilliat is an accomplished sailor, but due to a mysterious mother and a home locally regarded as haunted, his acceptance into Guernsey society is limited. That isolation doesn’t stop him from falling for Déruchette, the “neat and delicate and pretty” niece of local ferry-owner Mess Lethierry. When the ship is involved in a catastrophic incident, Déruchette announces that she will marry the man who can salvage it; Gilliat immediately steps forwards to take on, alone, the impossible task.
Victor Hugo wrote Toilers of the Sea while living on Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. It followed his extremely successful novel Les Misérables, both written there after exile from France for criticizing Napoleon’s 1851 coup d’état.
The themes of individual struggle and triumph over the wild forces of nature are easily seen as a corollary for the industrialization happening in the society of the time, but the novel also records the contemporary life, language, and superstitions of the Channel Islands.
The edition is based on the authorized translation of 1877 by William Moy Thomas.