The Toilers of the SeaNo character was ever thrown into such strange relief as Gilliatt here, indeed, the true position of man in the universe. Robert Louis Stevenson The Toilers of the Sea tells the fairytale esque story of Gilliatt, an outcast fisherman who must rescue an engine from a wrecked steamship. If successful, he will win the hand of the shipowner's beautiful daughter, Deruchette. He will brave the harsh rocks, the freezing waves, and even the grasp of a sea