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