num_pages: 511
description: On the picturesque island of Guernsey in the English Channel, Gilliatt, a reclusive fisherman and dreamer, falls in love with the beautiful Deruchette and sets out to salvage her uncle's wrecked ship to prove his devotion. Reprint.
language: English
title: The Toilers of the Sea
titlecomplete: The Toilers of the Sea
characters: Landoys, Joe Ebenezer Claudray, Gilliatt, Clubin, Lethierry, Deruchette, Jacquemin Herode, Rantaine
genres: French Literature, Romance, Fiction, Adventure, Literature, Historical Fiction, Classics, Novels, France, 19th Century
ratings_count: 4212
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: French-American Foundation Translation Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Signet Classics