Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.
F. Anstey
32 chapters · 5 h 31 min · English
Read by Phil Chenevert, Lynne T, Lucretia B., Chris Cartwright, bala, KHand and others
Humorous Fiction
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Another delightful example of an English writer poking fun at his countrymen, or maybe all races' reactions to someone from a different background.
A series of adventures of a well educated foreigner in London which originally appeared weekly in Punch, sometimes with illustrations, dealing with the difficulties of fully understanding a different culture.
Chapters
1 01 - Mr Jabberjee apologises for the unambitious scope of his work; sundry confidences, criticisms, and complaints 18 min 2 02 - Some account of Mr Jabberjee's experiences at the Westminster Play 10 min 3 03 - Mr Jabberjee gives his views concerning the Laureateship 10 min 4 04 - Containing Mr Jabberjee's Impressions at The Old Masters 10 min 5 05 - In which Mr Jabberjee expresses his Opinions on Bicycling as a Pastime 11 min 6 06 - Dealing with his Adventures at Olympia 9 min 7 07 - How Mr Jabberjee risked a Sprat to capture something very like a Whale 10 min 8 08 - How Mr Jabberjee delivered an Oration at a Ladies' Debating Club 11 min 9 09 - How he saw the practice of the University Crews, and what he thought of it 9 min 10 10 - Mr Jabberjee is taken to see a Glove-Fight 9 min 11 11 - Mr Jabberjee finds himself in a position of extreme delicacy 10 min 12 12 - Mr Jabberjee is taken by surprise 10 min 13 13 - Drawbacks and advantages of being engaged. Some Meditations in a Music-hall, together with notes of certain things that Mr Jabberjee failed to understand 8 min 14 14 - Mr Jabberjee's fellow-student. What's in a Title? An invitation to a Wedding. Mr J. as a wedding guest, with what he thought of the ceremony, and how he distinguished himself on the occasion 8 min 15 15 - Mr Jabberjee is asked out to dinner. Unreasonable behaviour of his betrothed. His doubts concerning the social advantages of a Boarding Establishment, with some scathing remarks upon ambitious pretenders. He goes out to dinner, and meets a person of some importance 12 min 16 16 - Mr Jabberjee makes a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Shakespeare 12 min 17 17 - Containing some intimate confidences from Mr Jabberjee, with the explanation of such apparent indiscretion 5 min 18 18 - Mr Jabberjee is a little over-ingenious in his excuses 10 min 19 19 - Mr Jabberjee tries a fresh tack. His visit to the India Office and sympathetic reception 10 min 20 20 - Mr Jabberjee distinguishes himself in the Bar Examination, but is less successful in other respects. He writes another extremely ingenious epistle, from which he anticipates the happiest results 8 min 21 21 - Mr Jabberjee halloos before he is quite out of the Wood 10 min 22 22 - Mr Jabberjee places himself in the hands of a solicitor, with certain reservations 11 min 23 23 - Mr Jabberjee delivers his Statement of Defence, and makes his preparations for the North. He allows his patriotic sentiments to get the better of him in a momentary outburst of disloyalty, to which no serious importance need be attached 9 min 24 24 - Mr Jabberjee relates his experiences upon the Moors 12 min 25 25 - Mr Jabberjee concludes the thrilling account of his experiences on a Scotch Moor, greatly to his own glorification 10 min 26 26 - Mr Jabberjee expresses some audaciously sceptical opinions. How he secured his first Salmon, with the manner in which he presented it to his divinity 11 min 27 27 - Mr Jabberjee is unavoidably compelled to return to town, thereby affording his Solicitor the inestimable benefit of his personal assistance. An apparent attempt to pack the Jury 10 min 28 28 - Mankletow v. Jabberjee. Notes taken by Mr Jabberjee in Court during the proceedings 11 min 29 29 - Further proceedings in the Case of Mankletow v. Jabberjee. Mr Jabberjee's Opening for the Defence 10 min 30 30 - Mankletow v. Jabberjee (part heard). Mr Jabberjee finds cross-examination much less formidable than he had anticipated 13 min 31 31 - Mankletow v. Jabberjee (continued). The Defendant brings his Speech to a somewhat unexpected conclusion, and Mr Witherington, Q.C., addresses the Jury in reply 12 min 32 32 - Containing the conclusion of the whole matter, and (which many Readers will receive in a spirit of chastened resignation) Mr Jabberjee's final farewell 11 min
