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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 es un joven vitalista al que le apasionan los espectáculos naturales, los niños como representación de un futuro prometedor y los poemas de Homero y Ossian. En su retiro en un pequeño pueblo alemán conoce a Lotte, de la que no tarda en enamorarse, a pesar de que ella está ya prometida. La aparentemente sencilla historia de amor que se nos relata en Las penas del joven Werther se transforma, en manos de un genio como Goethe, en una innovadora obra de arte, toda una declaración de principios en contra de las normas establecidas y en la que se nota la clara voluntad del autor de romper las fronteras del lenguaje y con la tradición literaria anterior. Inmediatamente después de su publicación, la novela sacudió los cimientos de la cultura europea, se convirtió en punta de lanza del movimiento romántico al que precedió e hizo de su protagonista el modelo de toda una generación de jóvenes.

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