Titanic: The Long Night
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| Author | Diane Hoh |
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| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Romance, Drama |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
| Released | 1998 |
| Pages | 371 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-590-33123-X |
| Followed by | Remembering the Titanic' |
Titanic: The Long Night is a novel by Diane Hoh. It is a fictional story set on the real life ship Titanic.
[edit] Plot
The plot centers around two main aspects. The first is the story of Elizabeth Farr, who is on the Titanic with her parents on the voyage to New York on her way to marry a man she doesn't want to marry, Alan Reed. While on the ship, she has frequent discussions with her parents about wanting to go to college and not wanting to marry Alan, but they refuse to let her make her own decisions. While on ship, she meets Max Whittaker, the son of the rich Whittaker family, and falls in love with him, against the will of her parents.
The plot also deals with the story of Kathleen Mahoney, a girl who boards in Queenstown. She falls in love with a man named Patrick "Paddy" Kelleher. She is also forced to take care of two small kids, Kevin and Bridey, whose caretaker is not paying attention to them.
When the Titanic crashes into an iceberg, Elizabeth forgets all of her troubles when she realizes that she has to leave Max and her father behind on the ship while it sinks. She gets in Lifeboat Number 6 with her mother, Nola.
Meanwhile, Katie wakes up in her third class cabin all by herself. She finds Paddy and he takes her, Kevin and Bridey up to the boat deck, where they find Paddy's brother Brian. Brian refuses to get in a lifeboat, and instead opts to stay behind encouraging other people to get in boats before it is too late. Katie and Paddy get in a lifeboat while Brian stays behind.
Max and Elizabeth's father, still on the ship, retire in the gymnasium, until Max goes outside. The ship suddenly starts to plunge into the water and Max is washed off, presumably dead.
While Elizabeth, Nola, Katie, Paddy and the rest of the people in the lifeboats watch, the Titanic goes under water with more than 1,500 in it. After floating all night, the boats are picked up by the Carpathia. While on the ship, Elizabeth finds Max in the hospital room. Katie and Paddy are less fortunate however, and have to face it that Brian is dead.
When they get to New York, Elizabeth goes to Vassar college and marries Max, while Paddy becomes a writer and marries Katie.
[edit] Fictional Characters
Like the 1997 film, Titanic: The Long Night made up some fictional passengers on the Titanic. Here is a list of them.
- Elizabeth Farr (First Class Passenger, Survives)
- Martin Farr (First Class Passenger, Elizabeth's Father, Dies)
- Nola Farr (First Class Passenger, Elizabeth's Mother, Survives)
- Maxwell Whittaker (First Class Passenger, Survives)
- Lily (First Class Passenger, Survives)
- Arthur (First Class Passenger, Dies)
- Kathleen Mahoney (Third Class Passenger, Survives)
- Patrick Kelleher (Third Class Passenger, Survives)
- Brian Kelleher (Third Class Passenger, Dies)
- Marta (Third Class, Survives)
- Eileen (Third Class, Survives)
- Kevin (Third Class, Survives)
- Bridey (Third Class, Survives)
[edit] Remembering the Titanic
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| Author | Diane Hoh |
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| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Romance, Drama |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
| Released | 1998 |
| Pages | 268 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-590-87585-X |
| Preceded by | 'Titanic: The Long Night |
The novel has a sequel which was written a few months after the first. It deals with the lives of Elizabeth, Max, Katie and Paddy after the sinking.
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