Toilers of the Sea

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"The Toilers of the Sea tells of the reclusive Guernsey fisherman Gilliatt, who salvages the engines of a wrecked ship by performing great feats of engineering, matching wits with sea and storm, and doing battle with a great sea monster - all to win the hand of a shipowner's daughter."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: French literature,  Translations into English,  Fate and fatalism,  Fiction,  Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author),  French fiction,  Fiction, action & adventure,  Illustraties,  Frans,  Sea stories,  Adventure stories