Author: | Charles Dickens, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald | ISBN: | 1230000110111 |
Publisher: | eNerd | Publication: | February 24, 2013 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Charles Dickens, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald |
ISBN: | 1230000110111 |
Publisher: | eNerd |
Publication: | February 24, 2013 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
Bardell v. Pickwick by Charles Dickens and Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald is one of the most famous legal cases in English literature. Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers (1836-1837) in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel, it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses, most notably Frank Lockwood's The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick, which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint.
Bardell v. Pickwick by Charles Dickens and Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald is one of the most famous legal cases in English literature. Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers (1836-1837) in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel, it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses, most notably Frank Lockwood's The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick, which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint.