Martin Chuzzlewit sweet and good, like her brother. At first she works as a governess to a wealthy family with several nasty brats. Later in the novel she and Tom set up housekeeping together. She falls in love with, and marries, Tom's friend John Westlock. Mark Tapley, the good-humoured employee of the Blue Dragon Inn and suitor of Mrs Lupin (the Dragon's owner), leaves that establishment to find work that's more of a credit to his character: that is, work sufficiently miserable that his cheerfulness will be more of a credit to him. He eventually joins Young Martin Chuzzlewit on his trip
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (novel) the novel written by Ray Lawler and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg was broadcast on the BBC One series "Play for Today" in October 1973. Celia Johnson won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her performance as Mrs. Palfrey. A film adaptation written by Ruth Sacks Caplin and directed by Dan Ireland was released in 2005, with Joan Plowright in the role of Mrs. Palfrey. An abridged serialization of the novel read by Eleanor Bron was broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 series "Book at Bedtime" in August 2018. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (novel) Mrs. Palfrey at