Toilers of the Sea

On the deck of the ship: 'It is possible to judge of the state of the sea in a passage with the eyes closed, by noting the tremolo of the conversation about you.' First part, Book VI, chapter III. Illustrator: Daniel Vierge. Engraver: Albert Bellenger. Illustration from a set of nearly 150 woodcuts published in the Volume XI of Victor Hugo's 'Oeuvres Completes' including 'Les Travailleurs de la Mer' ('Toilers of the Sea') - written in 1866. Book published in 1906 by the Societe d'editions Litteraires et Artistiques, Librairie Paul Ollendorff. (Photo by: Photo12/Pierre Pitrou/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)