| Mrs Bardell | |
|---|---|
| The Pickwick Papers character | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Mrs_Bardell_1889_Dickens_The_Pickwick_Papers_character_by_Kyd_(Joseph_Clayton_Clarke).jpg) Mrs Bardell as illustrated by "Kyd" (c1890) | |
| Created by | Charles Dickens |
| Portrayed by | Jessie Bond |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Martha Bardell |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Landlady |
| Nationality | English |
Mrs Martha Bardell is a fictional character in The Pickwick Papers (1836), the first novel by Charles Dickens. A widow and the landlady of Mr Pickwick, a romantic misunderstanding between the two results in one of the most famous fictional legal cases in English literature, Bardell v. Pickwick,[1][2] leading to them both being incarcerated in the Fleet Prison for debt.[3]
- ^ Bander, Edward J. Bardell v. Pickwick Transnational Publishers (2004), ISBN 9781571053251
- ^ Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington. Full text of Bardell v. Pickwick, (1902) Project Gutenberg eBook
- ^ Characters In The Pickwick Papers: Mrs Bardell, Charles Dickens Info website