Bindle

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

Authors: Herbert George Jenkins In Year : 1916

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Bindle

Chapter I The Bindles at Home
Chapter II A Nocturnal Adventure
Chapter III The Hypnotic Fiasco
Chapter IV The Heartys at Home
Chapter V Bindle Tries a Change of Work
Chapter VI The Hotel Corridor
Chapter VII Bindle Commits an Indiscretion
Chapter VIII The Great Conspiracy
Chapter IX The Temperance Fete
Chapter X Mr. Hearty Prays for Bindle
Chapter XI Mr Hearty Becomes Extremely Unpopular
Chapter XII Bindle Agrees to Become a Millionaire
Chapter XIII Oxford's Welcome to Bindle
Chapter XIV Mr. Hearty Gives a Party
Chapter XV Bindle and the German Menace
Chapter XVI The Amateur Detectives
Chapter XVII Bindle Makes a Mistake
Chapter XVIII Bindle Assists in an Elopement
Chapter XIX The Scarlet Horse Coterie
Chapter XX Millie Leaves Home
Chapter XXI Conclusion

Herbert Jenkins' most popular fictional creation was Mr. Joseph Bindle, who first appeared in a humorous novel in 1916 and in a number of sequels. In the preface to the books, T. P. O'Connor said that "Bindle is the greatest Cockney that has come into being through the medium of literature since Dickens wrote Pickwick Papers". The stories are based on the comedic drama of life at work, at home and all the adventures that take place along the way. Bindle leaves a path of good-natured destruction behind him and walks away unscathed every time. He is not above embellishing and loves the joke. He refers to jokes as the anesthetic that allows him to endure the operation of life. When he sets about fixing things, they had better well stay fixed or they'll have him to deal with. Indeed, he is a sort of superhero of the Everyman. Let the hilarity begin! (Summary by Don Jenkins)