The Wreck of the Titan, Morgan Robertson
The Wreck of the Titan, Morgan Robertson
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The Wreck of the Titan

Author: Morgan Robertson

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 5 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/30/2008

Synopsis

Robertsons story, written fourteen years before the historic event it presaged, parallels the descriptions and fate of the Titanic with psychic precision. His tale, however, doesnt end with the passengers watery demise; rather, it chronicles the detective work instigated by members of Lloyds of London, embroiling Scotland Yard, when word comes in that the heavily insured ship has sunk to the bottom of the ocean. What ensues is a battle between insurers and attorneys, in London and New York, and a survivor who has rescued another passengers daughter. Robertson draws upon his own rich and wild experience as a seaman on the Atlantic to weave a narrative interspersed with colloquial dialogue, bringing to life the conflicts between the rich merchants who rely upon shipping and the sailing men relied upon to chart their courses.

About Morgan Robertson

Morgan Robertson (1861–1915) was an American short-story writer and novelist. The son of a ship’s captain, he spent several years at sea and then trained in jewelry making. He began writing sea stories when, after ten years as a diamond setter, his eyesight began to fail. Written in 1898, The Wreck of the Titan came to be seen as prophetic after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. He is known as one of America’s best authors on the subject of the sea.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on August 09, 2022

WARNING: Here there be unmarked spoilers! I thought this would be really interesting and mysteriously spooky as a predictor of the Titanic disaster that occurred years after the publication of this book. However, this is just a so-so mystery/courtroom drama about redemption of one of the main charact......more

Goodreads review by Gavin on April 04, 2021

Check out my video where I talk about the eerie comparisons to the Titanic sinking that happened 14 years AFTER this book was originally published: [URL not allowed]-ipPQ24h0XQ......more

Goodreads review by Jim on March 06, 2022

This is a short story about an unsinkable ship that hits an iceberg and sinks. You might have some knowledge about something like that happening in real life. That is how this short story is trying to sell itself. It was written years before the tragedy of the Titanic and how this fictional work has......more

Goodreads review by Carien on April 13, 2012

Having been interested in the Titanic for as long as I can remember I had often heard of this story and the uncanny similarities between the Titan and the Titanic. It was only recently that I actually got hold of this book and read it though. And let me say that I think it's almost a shame that this......more

Goodreads review by Julie on August 23, 2017

For years I have heard about this book. Many say this fictional tale about the sinking of a great ship, the Titan, mirrors the wreck of the Titanic in 1912. This fact is astounding because the book was written in 1898, 14 years before the Titanic sank after striking an iceberg. Robertson said the si......more

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