Mrs Martha Bardell is a fictional character in The Pickwick Papers, the first novel by Charles Dickens. A widow and the landlady of Mr Pickwick, a romantic misunderstanding between the two results in
Mrs Bardell as illustrated by "Kyd" (c1890)
Mrs Bardell and Friends – illustration by Sol Eytinge Jr. (1867)
Mrs. Bardell faints in Mr. Pickwick's arms – illustration by Hablot Knight Browne (1837)
The Trial of Bardell v. Pickwick – illustration by Hablot Knight Browne (1867)
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was the first novel by English author Charles Dickens, first published in serial form from March 1836 to November 1837. Because of his success with Sketches
Mrs Bardell (Pickwick Papers)
…Mrs Martha Bardell is a fictional character in The Pickwick Papers (1836–1837), the first novel by Charles Dickens. A widow and the landlady of Mr Pickwick, a romantic misunderstanding between the two results in one…
Original cover issued in 1836
Master Humphrey meets Mr Pickwick, from the Master Humphrey's Clock magazine sequel
The Goblin and the Sexton
Discovery of Jingle in the Fleet