
In the opening pages, listeners are guided through the misty dawn of Belfast Harbour, where the silhouette of a massive iron leviathan looms against a sky brushed with smoke. The shipyard is depicted as a living forest of rusted trunks, each steel beam humming with the clang of industry, while the water slips past like a quiet companion to the looming marvel.
As the great vessel slides between the twin islands, the narrative captures the mixture of awe and solemnity that accompanies its first movements, juxtaposing the raw power of the ship’s engines with the timeless rhythm of the sea. The prose, rich with biblical echoes and poetic observation, invites listeners to feel the tension between human ambition and nature, setting the stage for the epic story that will unfold.
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (201K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2010-04-15
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1876–1938
Best remembered for publishing one of the earliest books on the Titanic disaster, this energetic journalist also reported from war zones, wrote fiction and essays, and worked in broadcasting as the BBC was taking shape.
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by Filson Young

by Filson Young