The Toilers of the Sea is a gripping tale of adventure and romance, set against the backdrop of the Channel Islands. This unabridged English edition features a new translation by Scot James Hogarth.

The story follows a reclusive fisherman who embarks on a perilous quest to free a ship that has run aground. His motivation? To win the heart of the woman he loves, a shipowner's daughter. This narrative explores the eternal conflict between the will of man and the power of nature, as expressed by the sea.

With vivid descriptions of the Needles, the pointed rocks in the English Channel, and a man's terrifying fight with an octopus, Hugo crafts a tale that is both realistic and rhapsodical.