Bindle: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Bindle, credited to Herbert George Jenkins, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins. Read in English by Don W. Jenkins 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)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Bindle
• Author credits: Herbert George Jenkins
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 6:36:19

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter I The Bindles at Home — 25:02
2. 02 - Chapter II A Nocturnal Adventure — 19:42
3. 03 - Chapter III The Hypnotic Fiasco — 15:12
4. 04 - Chapter IV The Heartys at Home — 20:20
5. 05 - Chapter V Bindle Tries a Change of Work — 14:40
6. 06 - Chapter VI The Hotel Corridor — 18:39
7. 07 - Chapter VII Bindle Commits an Indiscretion — 18:02
8. 08 - Chapter VIII The Great Conspiracy — 18:43
9. 09 - Chapter IX The Temperance Fete — 15:58
10. 10 - Chapter X Mr. Hearty Prays for Bindle — 14:33
11. 11 - Chapter XI Mr Hearty Becomes Extremely Unpopular — 22:50
12. 12 - Chapter XII Bindle Agrees to Become a Millionaire — 15:46
13. 13 - Chapter XIII Oxford's Welcome to Bindle — 30:52
14. 14 - Chapter XIV Mr. Hearty Gives a Party — 28:06
15. 15 - Chapter XV Bindle and the German Menace — 17:21
16. 16 - Chapter XVI The Amateur Detectives — 16:53
17. 17 - Chapter XVII Bindle Makes a Mistake — 22:52
18. 18 - Chapter XVIII Bindle Assists in an Elopement — 24:14
19. 19 - Chapter XIX The Scarlet Horse Coterie — 15:14
20. 20 - Chapter XX Millie Leaves Home — 16:01
21. 21 - Chapter XXI Conclusion — 5:25

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