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.

Werther, jeune bourgeois ambitieux épris de poésie, de promenades solitaires et de tartines beurrées, rencontre un jour Charlotte. Celle-ci, fille de bailli, la plus belle de ses soeurs, est hélas fiancée à un autre, Albert, dont les qualités d'âme ne sont pas à mettre en doute. De l'amour platonique, impossible, qui unit Werther à Charlotte, Goethe fait le récit d'une jeunesse en quête d'absolu, promise à la souffrance des désillusions - un canon romantique dont le succès colossal, à sa parution, déclencha une vague de suicides dans toute la jeunesse d'Europe.

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