Project Gutenberg 2008-03-20 Public domain in the USA. 510 Robertson, Morgan 1861 1915 Robertson, Morgan Andrew The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility The wreck of the Titan -- The pirates -- Beyond the spectrum -- In the valley of the shadow. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Wreck of the Titan" by Morgan Robertson is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around the fictional steamship Titan, lauded as an unsinkable marvel of engineering, and follows a diverse cast of characters, most notably John Rowland, a destabilized naval officer who finds himself aboard the ill-fated vessel. As the narrative unfolds, themes of hubris, love, and tragedy emerge, ultimately leading to a catastrophic event that reflects the consequences of overconfidence in human technology. The opening of "The Wreck of the Titan" introduces readers to the grandeur of the Titan, highlighting its design, features, and the individuals who serve on board. The narrative paints a vivid picture of the ship as a floating city equipped with the latest advancements, while hinting at the underlying tension in the interactions among crew members and passengers. John Rowland is presented as a troubled figure grappling with his past and a complex love for a woman named Myra, who complicates his emotional state. Throughout this beginning segment, the groundwork is laid for a tragic incident, as the ship's confidence and indestructibility are set against the grim realities of life at sea, foreshadowing the coming disaster. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ships -- Fiction Shipwrecks -- Fiction Sea stories, American PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 461025 461034 2024-09-10T13:35:32.335715 2023-09-11T06:42:35.045133 text/html text/html 467347 2021-01-03T09:54:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 172870 2021-01-03T09:54:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 233262 2024-09-10T13:35:40.294628 application/epub+zip 236824 2024-09-10T13:35:34.290666 application/epub+zip 236825 2024-09-10T13:35:33.224655 application/epub+zip 420905 2024-09-10T13:35:44.783578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386102 2024-09-10T13:35:39.490639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390516 2022-09-11T12:26:48.377755 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426385 426277 2024-09-10T13:35:31.086685 2023-09-11T06:42:33.926106 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 426204 2021-01-03T09:54:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 163080 2021-01-03T09:54:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 426197 2021-01-03T09:54:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 163045 2021-01-03T09:54:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20586 2024-09-10T13:35:44.939581 application/rdf+xml 12585 2024-09-10T13:35:33.589632 image/jpeg 3585 2024-09-10T13:35:33.405635 image/jpeg 221567 2024-09-10T13:35:32.376672 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia