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Table of Contents

  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Introduction
  4. Preface
  5. Dedication
  6. Toilers of the Sea
    1. Part I: Sieur Clubin
      1. Book I: The History of a Bad Reputation
        1. I: A Word Written on a White Page
        2. II: The Bû de la Rue
        3. III: For Your Wife: When You Marry
        4. IV: An Unpopular Man
        5. V: More Suspicious Facts About Gilliatt
        6. VI: The Dutch Sloop
        7. VII: A Fit Tenant for a Haunted House
        8. VIII: The Gild-Holm-’Ur Seat
      2. Book II: Mess Lethierry
        1. I: A Troubled Life, but a Quiet Conscience
        2. II: A Certain Predilection
        3. III: The Old Sea Language
        4. IV: One Is Vulnerable Where One Loves
      3. Book III: Durande and Déruchette
        1. I: Prattle and Smoke
        2. II: The Old Story of Utopia
        3. III: Rantaine
        4. IV: Continuation of the Story of Utopia
        5. V: The Devil Boat
        6. VI: Lethierry’s Exaltation
        7. VII: The Same Godfather and the Same Patron Saint
        8. VIII: “Bonnie Dundee”
        9. IX: The Man Who Discovered Rantaine’s Character
        10. X: Long Yarns
        11. XI: Matrimonial Prospects
        12. XII: An Anomaly in the Character of Lethierry
        13. XIII: Thoughtlessness Adds a Grace to Beauty
      4. Book IV: The Bagpipe
        1. I: Streaks of Fire on the Horizon
        2. II: The Unknown Unfolds Itself by Degrees
        3. III: The Air “Bonnie Dundee” Finds an Echo on the Hill
        4. IV
        5. V: A Deserved Success Has Always Its Detractors
        6. VI: The Sloop Cashmere Saves a Shipwrecked Crew
        7. VII: How an Idler Had the Good Fortune to Be Seen by a Fisherman
      5. Book V: The Revolver
        1. I: Conversations at the Jean Auberge
        2. II: Clubin Observes Someone
        3. III: Clubin Carries Away Something and Brings Back Nothing
        4. IV: Pleinmont
        5. V: The Birds’-Nesters
        6. VI: The Jacressade
        7. VII: Nocturnal Buyers and Mysterious Sellers
        8. VIII: A “Cannon” Off the Red Ball and the Black
        9. IX: Useful Information for Persons Who Expect or Fear the Arrival of Letters from Beyond Sea
      6. Book VI: The Drunken Steersman and the Sober Captain
        1. I: The Douvres
        2. II: An Unexpected Flask of Brandy
        3. III: Conversations Interrupted
        4. IV: Captain Clubin Displays All His Great Qualities
        5. V: Clubin Reaches the Crowning-Point of Glory
        6. VI: The Interior of an Abyss Suddenly Revealed
        7. VII: An Unexpected Denouement
      7. Book VII: The Danger of Opening a Book at Random
        1. I: The Pearl at the Foot of the Precipice
        2. II: Much Astonishment on the Western Coast
        3. III: A Quotation from the Bible
    2. Part II: Malicious Gilliatt
      1. Book I: The Rock
        1. I: The Place Which Is Difficult to Reach, and Difficult to Leave
        2. II: A Catalogue of Disasters
        3. III: Sound; But Not Safe
        4. IV: A Preliminary Survey
        5. V: A Word Upon the Secret Co-Operations of the Elements
        6. VI: A Stable for the Horse
        7. VII: A Chamber for the Voyager
        8. VIII: Importunæque Volucres
        9. IX: The Rock, and How Gilliatt Used It
        10. X: The Forge
        11. XI: Discovery
        12. XII: The Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea
        13. XIII: What Was Seen There; and What Perceived Dimly
      2. Book II: The Labour
        1. I: The Resources of One Who Has Nothing
        2. II: Wherein Shakespeare and Aeschylus Meet
        3. III: Gilliatt’s Masterpiece Comes to the Rescue of That of Lethierry
        4. IV: Sub Re
        5. V: Sub Umbra
        6. VI: Gilliatt Places the Sloop in Readiness
        7. VII: Sudden Danger
        8. VIII: Movement Rather Than Progress
        9. IX: A Slip Between Cup and Lip
        10. X: Sea-Warnings
        11. XI: A Word to the Wise Is Enough
      3. Book III: The Struggle
        1. I: Extremes Meet
        2. II: The Ocean Winds
        3. III: The Noises Explained
        4. IV: Turba Turma
        5. V: Gilliatt’s Alternatives
        6. VI: The Combat
      4. Book IV: Pitfalls in the Way
        1. I: He Who Is Hungry Is Not Alone
        2. II: The Monster
        3. III: Another Kind of Sea-Combat
        4. IV: Nothing Is Hidden, Nothing Lost
        5. V: The Fatal Difference Between Six Inches and Two Feet
        6. VI: De Profundis Ad Altum
        7. VII: The Appeal Is Heard
    3. Part III: Déruchette
      1. Book I: Night and the Moon
        1. I: The Harbour Bell
        2. II: The Harbour Bell Again
      2. Book II: Gratitude and Despotism
        1. I: Joy Surrounded by Tortures
        2. II: The Leathern Trunk
      3. Book III: The Departure of the Cashmere
        1. I: The Havelet Near the Church
        2. II: Despair Confronts Despair
        3. III: The Forethought of Self-Sacrifice
        4. IV: For Your Wife: When You Marry
        5. V: The Great Tomb
  7. Endnotes
  8. Colophon
  9. Uncopyright

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