# Os Trabalhadores do Mar

By Victor Hugo.

"Os Trabalhadores do Mar" by Victor Hugo is a novel published in 1866. Set on Guernsey after the Napoleonic Wars, it follows Gilliatt, a social outcast who loves Deruchette, his shipowner's niece. When her uncle's steamship wrecks on a dangerous reef, she promises to marry whoever salvages the engine. Gilliatt volunteers for this perilous mission, facing physical ordeals including a battle with an octopus, while enduring his neighbors' scorn and navigating the complexities of unrequited devotion. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: Portuguese
- Translator: Machado de Assis
- Subjects: Fishers -- Fiction; Sailors -- Fiction; Guernsey (Channel Islands) -- Fiction; Channel Islands -- Fiction; French fiction -- Translations into Portuguese

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