Bardell v. Pickwick

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Bardell v. Pickwick is a famous comic breach-of-promise lawsuit in Charles Dickens’s *The Pickwick Papers*, satirizing Victorian legal proceedings and social conventions.

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instanceOf comic legal case ⓘ
fictional lawsuit ⓘ
appearsIn The Pickwick Papers ⓘ
characterInvolved Mr. Justice Stareleigh ⓘ
Mrs. Bardell ⓘ
Samuel Pickwick ⓘ
Serjeant Buzfuz ⓘ
members of the Pickwick Club ⓘ
consequenceForDefendant imprisonment in the Fleet Prison for nonpayment of damages ⓘ
counselForPlaintiff Serjeant Buzfuz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
courtType civil court ⓘ
createdBy Charles Dickens ⓘ
defendant Samuel Pickwick ⓘ
genre comic fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
influenced later depictions of comic courtroom scenes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalIssue breach of promise to marry ⓘ
legalTheme abuse of legal procedure ⓘ
jury persuasion ⓘ
manipulation of evidence ⓘ
literarySignificance classic example of Dickens’s critique of the English legal system ⓘ
one of the most famous fictional trials in English literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction satire of Victorian legal proceedings ⓘ
satire of Victorian social conventions ⓘ
notableFeature extravagant courtroom rhetoric by Serjeant Buzfuz ⓘ
misinterpretation of innocent circumstances as romantic proposal ⓘ
partOf The Pickwick Papers ⓘ
plaintiff Mrs. Bardell ⓘ
publicationForm serial publication ⓘ
relatedConcept Victorian law ⓘ
breach of promise lawsuit ⓘ
relatedWork Bleak House ⓘ
result damages awarded against Samuel Pickwick ⓘ
verdict for the plaintiff ⓘ
settingPeriod early 19th-century England ⓘ
theme class and respectability ⓘ
commercialization of personal relationships ⓘ
fallibility of the legal system ⓘ
miscommunication ⓘ
tone humorous ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
workFirstPublication The Pickwick Papers ⓘ

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The Pickwick Papers → notableEpisode → Bardell v. Pickwick ⓘ
Robert William Buss → notableWork → The Trial of Pickwick ⓘ
linked to: Bardell v. Pickwick
Mrs. Bardell → legalCase → Bardell v. Pickwick ⓘ
Mrs. Bardell → appearsInChapter → Pickwick Papers trial scene ⓘ
linked to: Bardell v. Pickwick