Andrea Schmidt states, “In an era of rising nationalism, a Czech born director brought an adaptation of a nineteenth-century British novel to German screens. This research examines the production and reception of a Czech-German adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Little Dorrit, titled Klein Dorrit (1934)…”

Clara Defilippis writes, “Throughout Little Dorrit, Dickens peppers his narrative with individuals who give and receive favors and gifts…”