THE SHIPWRECK by CHARLES DICKENS

🎙️ Summary for "A Call" — 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales- by Grace MacGowen Cooke Grace MacGowen Cooke was one of those early‑20th‑century writers who understood people from the inside out. Her stories often revolve around small moments that reveal big truths — the kind of e ...  Show more

🎙️ SHOW NOTES — "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" at 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales From The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893) 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle In "The Adventure of the Crooked Man," Conan Doyle delivers one of his most quiet ...  Show more

They were in a boat all alone on a foggy night in the middle of the Pacific ocean. But they weren’t alone. A strange voice cries out in the darkness, in search of food, but he is unwilling to be seen. The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi ...  Show more

"There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers." The sinking of the Titanic, on a freezing Sunday night in April 1912, claimed more than 1500 lives. But how this state-of-the-art ocean liner came ...  Show more

The drama and tragedy of the Titanic’s sinking has spawned all manner of myths about those who left Southampton on the 10th of April 1912, and for four days luxuriated in the ship’s modern facilities, extravagant interiors, and plush cabins. Among them were many magnates and tyco ...  Show more

It is Sunday the 14th of April 1912, and the passengers of the Titanic, from the tycoons in first class to the migrants in third class, have been enjoying a journey incomparable in its modernity. The weather, up until that point exceptionally clement, suddenly grew colder, stille ...  Show more