Toilers of the Sea. Victor Hugo.

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Toilers of the Sea


PART I. SIEUR CLUBIN
Book I.The History of a Bad Reputation
I.	A Word written on a White Page	V.	More Suspicious Facts about Gilliatt
II.	The Bû de la Rue	VI.	The Dutch Sloop
III	For your Wife: when you Marry	VII.	A Fit Tenant for a Haunted House
IV.	An Unpopular Man	VIII.	The Gild-Holm-‘Ur Seat

Book II. Mess Lethierry
I.	A Troubled Life, but a Quiet Conscience	III.	The Old Sea Language
II.	A Certain Predilection	IV.	One is Vulnerable where one Loves

Book III. Durande and Déruchette
I.	Prattle and Smoke	VIII	“Bonnie Dundee”
II.	The Old Story of Utopia	IX.	The Man who discovered Rantaine’s Character
III.	Rantaine	X.	Long Yarns
IV.	Continuation of the Story of Utopia	XI.	Matrimonial Prospects
V.	The Devil Boat	XII.	An Anomaly in the Character of Lethierry
VI.	Lethierry’s Exaltation	XIII.	Thoughtlessness adds a Grace to Beauty
VII.	The same Godfather and the same Patron Saint

Book IV.The Bagpipe
I.	Streaks of Fire on the Horizon	V.	A Deserved Success has always its Detractors
II.	The Unknown unfolds itself by Degrees	VI.	The Sloop Cashmere saves a Shipwrecked Crew
III.	The Air “Bonnie Dundee” finds an Echo on the Hill	VII.	How an Idler had the Good Fortune to be seen by a Fisherman
IV.	A serenade by night may please a lady fair, But of uncle and of guardian let the troubadour beware.” Unpublished Comedy

Book V. The Revolver
I.	Conversations at the Jean Auberge	VI.	The Jacressade
II.	Clubin observes Someone	VII.	Nocturnal Buyers and Mysterious Sellers
III	Clubin carries away Something and brings back Nothing	VIII.	A “Cannon” off the Red Ball and the Black
IV.	Pleinmont	IX.	Useful Information for Persons who expect or fear the Arrival of Letters from beyond Sea
V.	The Birds’-nesters

Book VI. The Drunken Steersman and the Sober Captain
I.	The Douvres	V.	Clubin reaches the Crowning-point of Glory
II.	An Unexpected Flask of Brandy	VI.	The Interior of an Abyss suddenly revealed
III .	Conversations interrupted	VII.	An Unexpected Dénouement
IV.	Captain Clubin displays all his great Qualities

Book VII.The Danger of Opening a Book at Random
I.	The Pearl at the Foot of a Precipice	III.	Quotation from the Bible
II.	Much Astonishment on the Western Coast

PART II. MALICIOUS GILLIATT
Book I. The Rock
I.	The Place which is difficult to reach, and difficult to leave	VIII	Importunæque Volucres
II.	A Catalogue of Disasters	IX.	The Rock, and how Gilliatt used it
III.	Sound; but not Safe	X.	The Forge
IV.	A Preliminary Survey	XI .	Discovery
V.	A Word upon the Secret Co-operations of the Elements	XII.	The Interior of an Edifice under the Sea
VI.	A Stable for the Horse	XIII.	What was seen there; and what perceived dimly
VII.	A Chamber for the Voyager

Book II. The Labour
I.	The Resources of one who has nothing	VII.	Sudden Danger
II.	Wherein Shakespeare and Æschylus meet	VIII.	Movement rather than Progress
III.	Gilliatt’s Masterpiece comes to the Rescue of that of Lethierry	IX.	A Slip between Cup and Lip
IV.	Sub Re	X.	Sea-warnings
V.	Sub Umbra	XI.	A Word to the Wise is enough
VI.	Gilliatt places the Sloop in readiness

Book III.The Struggle
I.	Extremes meet	IV.	Turba Turma
II.	The Ocean Winds	V.	Gilliatt’s Alternatives
III.	The Noises explained	VI.	The Combat

Book IV. Pitfalls in the Way
I.	He who is Hungry is not Alone	V.	The Fatal Difference between Six Inches and Two Feet
II.	The Monster	VI.	De Profundis ad Altum
III.	Another Kind of Sea-combat	VII.	The Appeal is heard
IV.	Nothing is hidden; Nothing lost

PART III. DÉRUCHETTE
Book I. Night and the Moon
I	The Harbour Bell	II.	The Harbour Bell again

Book II.Gratitude and Despotism
I.	J oy surrounded by Tortures	II.	The Leathern Trunk

Book III.—The Departure of the “Cashmere”
I.	The Havelet near the Church	IV.	For your Wife: when you Marry
II.	Despair confronts Despair	V.	The Great Tomb
III.	The Forethought of Self-sacrifice

Toilers of the Sea. Victor Hugo.

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