# The Stranger — Toilers of the Sea character guide

> The Stranger in Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the stranger

**First appearance:** 0042-i-conversations-at-the-jean-auberge

## Who they are

A mysterious figure observed by Clubin at the inn.

## Relationships

### [Gilliatt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/characters/gilliatt)

_social_

The Stranger is a mysterious figure Gilliatt encounters briefly, adding to the novel's atmospheric tension.

### [Gilliatt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/characters/gilliatt)

_social_

The Stranger is a mysterious figure Gilliatt encounters briefly, adding to the novel's atmospheric tension.

### [Gilliatt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/characters/gilliatt)

_social_

The Stranger is a mysterious figure Gilliatt encounters briefly, adding to the novel's atmospheric tension.

## In the story

### [How an Idler Had the Good Fortune to Be Seen by a Fisherman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/vii-how-an-idler-had-the-good-fortune-to-be-seen-by-a-fisherman)

A young man in black, found asleep on the Gild-Holm-'Ur rock as the tide rises; rescued by Gilliatt, offers a sovereign, then gives a Bible.

### [Nocturnal Buyers and Mysterious Sellers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/vii-nocturnal-buyers-and-mysterious-sellers)

One of the two strangers who buys the revolver; he remains in the background and tests the weapon.

### [A "Cannon" Off the Red Ball and the Black](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/viii-a-cannon-off-the-red-ball-and-the-black)

The coastguardman who is murdered by Rantaine.

### [Captain Clubin Displays All His Great Qualities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/iv-captain-clubin-displays-all-his-great-qualities)

A Guernsey passenger who repeatedly warns Clubin about the rocks and expresses concern over the ship's course.

### [V: Clubin Reaches the Crowning-Point of Glory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/v-clubin-reaches-the-crowning-point-of-glory)

A Guernsey passenger who predicts the wreck on the Hanways and later pleads with Clubin to join the evacuation.

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