# Serjeant Buzfuz — The Pickwick Papers character guide

> Serjeant Buzfuz in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz, Serjeant Buzfuz

**First appearance:** 0013-xii

## Who they are

The bombastic barrister who prosecutes Mrs. Bardell's case against Pickwick.

## Relationships

### [Samuel Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/samuel_pickwick)

_rivalry_

Serjeant Buzfuz is the bombastic barrister who prosecutes Pickwick in the breach of promise trial.

### [Samuel Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/samuel_pickwick)

_rivalry_

Serjeant Buzfuz is the bombastic barrister who prosecutes Pickwick in the breach of promise trial.

### [Samuel Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/samuel_pickwick)

_rivalry_

Serjeant Buzfuz is the bombastic barrister who prosecutes Pickwick in the breach of promise trial.

## In the story

### [The Trial of Bardell vs. Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xxxiv)

The plaintiff's counsel; delivers a bombastic and manipulative opening speech, twisting mundane details into evidence of a broken promise.

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