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- Title: Loss of the S. S. Titanic
- Author: Lawrence Beesley
- Narrator: Allyson Hester
- Length: 0.228773148
- Version: Abridged
- Release Date: 01-Jan
- Publisher: LibriVox
- Genre: Biography & Memoir, Memoir
- ISBN13: SABLIB9783326
Sometimes, a story finds you at just the right moment. For me, listening to *Loss of the S. S. Titanic* by Lawrence Beesley, narrated by Allyson Hester, was like stepping into a time capsule that cracked open one of the most haunting maritime tragedies in history. It reminded me of a time when I found myself standing on the deck of a small ferry in the Mediterranean. The sun was setting, and I was overwhelmed by the vastness of the sea, the humbling realization of how small we are against such natural power. That same sense of awe—and dread—washed over me as I listened to Beesley’s firsthand account of survival from the Titanic’s ill-fated journey.
The book itself is a masterclass in observation and emotional restraint. Beesley, a second-class passenger and one of the lucky survivors, recounts the events of April 14–15, 1912, with a clarity that feels both journalistic and deeply personal. The prose is unembellished, yet it carries the weight of the tragedy with an understated dignity. You can almost hear the distant sound of the ship’s orchestra, playing bravely as chaos unfolds. The story unfolds like a slow, inevitable tide, drawing you deeper into the experiences of the passengers and crew—ordinary people caught in an extraordinary disaster.
What struck me most, though, was how Beesley’s narrative captures the fragile interplay of human ingenuity and hubris. The Titanic, heralded as “unsinkable
