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The Wreck of the Titan
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
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Summary
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- MARK
- 29-07-11
A gifted but forgotten writer
Morgan Robertson fits the description of the suffering artist. He was a writer, a sailor and an inventor, but not a business man and was therefore exploited by most people who published his work. He never received the recognition he deserved and died as he lived, in poverty.
This prophetic story is very well written. The narrator is engaging. The story is accurately detailed.
In addition to this novella you also get free of charge and not mentioned in the description of this book, a sort of memorial to Mr. Robertson. Short essays written by people who knew Mr. Robertson. Quite a deal.
I hope that Audible records more of this under rated author's work.
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- Kindle Customer
- 14-07-21
The Wreck of the Titan
My sole purpose of listening was to discern how close it mimicked or was a premonition of Titanic disaster the happened 14 years after this book.
The similarities are uncanny.
The ending about the author dragged on and on but wasn't horrible.
Would definitely recommend.
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- Cody A. Connell
- 23-11-20
glad I have this a listen
another great job by Frederick Davidson. I have a respect for Morgan Robinson after this. I have never heard of him before this book.
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- Rbtmw
- 23-02-11
Couldn't get past the narration
I cannot stand this narrator.
I was really excited to listen to this book, I bought it, downloaded it to my ipod, started it - and frowned.
Not this narrator again - I forgot to preview first.
This is the second book I had to stop mid-way because this narrator. I personally think his style is too over the top.
As for the content - I could not get past the narrator.
Overall - PREVIEW the book first, then decide if you want it or not.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-02-22
don't expect 5 hrs.
most of this book is about the author.
decent story. needed more. someone go get the ghost of OBrien.
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- P. Stein
- 14-09-21
Horrible narration ruins it.
The narration destroyed the story. Narrator sounded bored to death. Could have been a nice listen.
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- B2 Creative
- 23-07-21
Fascinating life story after the ship story.
The story was good. Not expecting the story to be only have of the book. The rest of it is more of the authors life story. Fascinating.
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- John
- 27-05-21
The Last Old-Fashioned Writer of Sea Stories
As critically admired and as widely read as he was in his own lifetime, this seems to be the only one of Robertson’s 14 books that has endured – probably due to the creepy prescience of its main action. Though not finding this as gripping as did his contemporaries, nevertheless I admit it’s a well-crafted, well told tale with a nicely rounded finish.
More engaging is the second half of this recording: a series of biographical and autobiographical glimpses of our author (my title is a friend’s description of him). They’re a sympathetic window on a gifted, generous but unhappy man who, with no formal education, made a name (if not a steady income) in the parsimonious publishing world of late 19th - early 20th century New York.
Frederick Davidson’s performance prevails over a somewhat impaired recording, with occasional distortions that obliterate entire words.
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- Jodi white
- 24-12-20
couldn't Get thru chap 1. bad narration. ..
I don't really know how to rate it.. I couldn't get thru the first chapter, due to the narration... the story of the titan is at the very least is interesting in contrast to the titanic....
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- Patrick Szabo
- 02-12-20
Save your money
This audiobook is five and a half hours long. The actual story is two hours long. The rest seems to be about the author. Not worth the money.