num_pages: 356
description: 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.
language: English
title: Toiler of the Sea
titlecomplete: Toiler of the Sea
characters: Deruchette, Jacquemin Herode, Rantaine, Clubin, Lethierry, Joe Ebenezer Claudray, Gilliatt, Landoys
genres: Fiction, France, Adventure, French Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 4208
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: French-American Foundation Translation Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Atlantean Pr