{"product_id":"the-toilers-of-the-sea-victor-hugo-9781961884281","title":"The Toilers of the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e'No character was ever thrown into such strange relief as Gilliatt...here, indeed, the true position of man in the universe.'  Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Toilers of the Sea tells the fairytale-esque story of Gilliatt, an outcast fisherman who must rescue an engine from a wrecked steamship. If successful, he will win the hand of the shipowner's beautiful daughter, Deruchette. He will brave the harsh rocks, the freezing waves, and even the grasp of a sea monster to prove his worth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA richly detailed study of early nineteenth-century Guernsey, The Toilers of the Sea is the oft-forgotten novel that completes a trilogy with Hugo's famed The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miserables. It is a tribute to the drama of nature and the insignificance of man against it, to solitude in exile, and the light we choose to carry in the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Victor Hugo","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48478088888563,"sku":"9781961884281","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781961884281.jpg?v=1770318787","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-toilers-of-the-sea-victor-hugo-9781961884281","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}