Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes; a Satire
By Edward Jenkins
Length3h 1m
About this audiobook
'Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes; a Satire' is a satirical novel by Edward Jenkins. The story revolves around a man named Ginx, a hard-working day laborer in Victorian London, who unexpectedly becomes the father of a large family. He tries to raise his 'baby' (the collective for his numerous children) amidst poverty, social pressure, and conflicting political and religious ideologies. The book criticizes and mocks the policies and institutions of the time, shedding light on their absurdity and inefficiency through Ginx's struggles.
Audiobook details
GenreHumor
Length3 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 1870
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Ab initio
2Home, sweet Home!
3Work and Ideas
4Digressive, and may be skipped without mutilating the History
5Reasons and Resolves.
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6The Antagonism of Law and Necessity.
7Malthus and Man
8The Baby's First Translation
9The Milk of Human Kindness, Mother's Milk, and the Milk of the Word.
10The Protestant Detectoral Association
11The Sacrament of Baptism
12Law on Behalf of Gospel.
13Magistrate's Law
14Popery and Protestantism in the Queen's Benc.
15A Protestor, but not a Protestant.
16“See how these Christians love one another.”
17Good Samaritans, and Good-Samaritan Twopences.
18The Force and a Specimen of its Weakness
19The Unity of the Spirit and the Bond of Peace
20No Funds no Faith, no Works
21In transitu.
22Parochial Knots to be untied without prejudice.
23A Board of Guardians.
24“The World is my Parish
25Without prejudice to any one but the Guardians
26An Ungodly Jungle
27Parochial Benevolence and another translation.
28Moved on
29Club Ideas
30A thorough-paced Reformerif not a Revolutionary
31Very Broad Views
32Party Tactics and Political Obstructions to Social Reform
33Amateur Debating in a High Legislative Body
34The Last Chapter.
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