Gilliat Seized by the Octopus at The Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

Toilers of the Sea (French: Les Travailleurs de la mer) is a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1866. The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Hugo spent 15 years in exile. Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to transmute seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest calibre. Les Travailleurs de la Mer is set just after the Napoleonic Wars and deals with the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon the island. Gilliat is the protagonist of the book, this sculpture which Joseph Carlier created depicts the scene where he battles an octopus at sea. Carlier exhibited this sculpture at the Salon of 1879 for which he earned second prize there.《海上劳工》（Toilers of the Sea，法语原名：Les Travailleurs de la mer）是维克多·雨果（Victor Hugo）于1866年出版的小说。本书献给了雨果曾流亡长达15年的根西岛（Guernsey）。雨果以这座海岛社区为叙事背景，将看似平淡无奇的日常事件升华为顶级水准的戏剧篇章。该小说的故事设定于拿破仑战争（Napoleonic Wars）结束后不久，探讨了工业革命（Industrial Revolution）对这座海岛的影响。吉利亚特（Gilliat）是本书的主人公，约瑟夫·卡利埃（Joseph Carlier）创作的这座雕塑，描绘了他在海上与章鱼搏斗的场景。卡利埃将该雕塑送至1879年沙龙展（Salon of 1879）参展，并凭借此作斩获二等奖。