Resumen de Le « finale » des Travailleurs de la mer: horizon et limite du texte romanesque
The word "end" was not written by Hugo at the end of "Toilers of the Sea"; this is because his ending, within the precise delimitations suggested here, does not need it, and might even be spoilt by the word. Indeed, it leads narrative desire and characters to an end which, as in music, resonates with the past reading — while at the same time it metaphorises both the act of writing and the act of reading as it comes to its last words.
