Miss M. Melvilleson

Singer and very minor character mentioned in Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House, originally serialized from 1852 to 1853. She sings at the Sol's Arms tavern.

But they have something to say, likewise, of the Harmonic Meeting at the Sol's Arms ; where the sound of the piano through the partly-opened windows jingles out into the court, and where little Swills, after keeping the lovers of harmony in a roar like a very Yorick, may now be heard taking the gruff line in a concerted piece, and sentimentally adjuring his friends and patrons to Listen, listen, listen, Tew the wa-ter-Fall! Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Piper compare opinions on the subject of the young lady of professional celebrity who assists at the Harmonic Meetings, and who has a space to herself in the manuscript announcement in the window ; Mrs. Perkins possessing information that she has been married a year and a half, though announced as Miss M. Melvilleson, the noted syren, and that her baby is clandestinely conveyed to the Sol's Arms every night to receive its natural nourishment during the entertainments.

See also

• Little Swills

External Links

• entry in Who's Who in Dickens
• novel on Archive.org