Toilers of the Sea

Owner of a sailing cutter: 'More than one who possessed a good old sailing cutter, and who hoped to get a share of the business of the Durande, was not sorry to find that the Douvres rock had disposed of the new invention.' First part, Book VII, chapter I. Illustrator: Victor Hugo. 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)