František Václav Krejčí Livres

Toilers of the Sea (1866) is a novel by Victor Hugo. Written while Hugo was living in exile on the island of Guernsey, Toilers of the Sea is a story of adventure that expresses the everyday struggles of a fool in love while capturing the changes wrought by political and economic revolution in Europe. "Gilliatt lived in the parish of St. Sampson. He was not liked by his neighbours; and there were reasons for that fact." Viewed as an outsider by the seafaring community of Guernsey, Gilliat lives alone in a house deemed haunted, though no one would dare visit him anyway. Despite his skill as a fisherman, the townspeople claim he is a malevolent sorcerer, all but condemning him to a life of total seclusion. In love with the niece of a prominent shipowner, he volunteers to salvage what he can from a vessel that was wrecked some distance from the coast. Braving the elements and coming face to face with a vicious octopus, Gilliatt seizes his only chance at escaping his lonely circumstances, at finding love at last. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea is a classic work of French literature reimagined for modern readers.

«Un serin vole du miroir, et se perche sur son épaule. "Un nouvel ami", dit-elle, et elle l'attira sur sa main. "Il est destiné à mes petits. Il est si joli ! regardez-le. Quand je lui donne du pain, il bat des ailes, et becquete si gentiment ! Il me baise aussi : voyez." Lorsqu'elle présenta sa bouche au petit animal, il becqueta dans ses douces lèvres... "Il faut aussi qu'il vous baise", dit-elle, et elle me tendit l'oiseau. Son petit bec passa des lèvres de Charlotte aux miennes, et ses picotements furent comme un souffle précurseur, un avant-goût de jouissance amoureuse... "Il mange aussi dans ma bouche", dit-elle. Je détournai le visage.»

Kniha obsahuje 5 časových úvah s názvy: Ponížení ducha, Duch východu -- Čína, Socialismus - kultura a osobní osud, Žena a socialismus.