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
18The Force and a Specimen of its Weakness
2Home, sweet Home!
19The Unity of the Spirit and the Bond of Peace
3Work and Ideas
20No Funds no Faith, no Works
4Digressive, and may be skipped without mutilating the History
21In transitu.
5Reasons and Resolves.
22Parochial Knots to be untied without prejudice.
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6The Antagonism of Law and Necessity.
23A Board of Guardians.
7Malthus and Man
24“The World is my Parish
8The Baby's First Translation
25Without prejudice to any one but the Guardians
9The Milk of Human Kindness, Mother's Milk, and the Milk of the Word.
26An Ungodly Jungle
10The Protestant Detectoral Association
27Parochial Benevolence and another translation.
11The Sacrament of Baptism
28Moved on
12Law on Behalf of Gospel.
29Club Ideas
13Magistrate's Law
30A thorough-paced Reformerif not a Revolutionary
14Popery and Protestantism in the Queen's Benc.
31Very Broad Views
15A Protestor, but not a Protestant.
32Party Tactics and Political Obstructions to Social Reform
16“See how these Christians love one another.”
33Amateur Debating in a High Legislative Body
17Good Samaritans, and Good-Samaritan Twopences.
34The Last Chapter.
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