Seafarer

Author: Victor Hugo
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book is an epic that celebrates humanity's struggle against nature. The shipowner on Guernsey Island, Sieur, owns a new-style steamboat that he considers his life, but it sinks at sea due to the mischief of his underlings. His niece, Delarose, proposes that whoever can save the steamboat will marry her. The island's upright and brave young man, Giriat, has long been in love with Delarose and, in order to win her love, sets off alone to the accident site. After enduring countless hardships and even defeating an octopus underwater, he finally retrieves the steamboat's machinery with great wisdom and courage. With joy in his heart, he returns to the island, only to find that his beloved has fallen for someone else. He buries his love deep within and helps her marry her true love, sitting alone on a reef in the sea, watching them sail away. Eventually, he is gradually submerged by the rising tide, fulfilling his life's journey.