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)…”

Gina Dalfonzo writes, “In 2011, historian and author Les Standiford published The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits. The book was an insightful, very thorough exploration of the many factors that contributed to the writing of Dickens’s Christmas classic, its reception, and its legacy…”

Maureen England writes, “With a topic like Dickens and Adaptation, the annual Dickens Society symposium was sure to include discussions of the myriad ways in which Dickens, his works, and his characters live outside of Dickens’s control and his own lifespan…”

The following post provides a summary of the 2016 Dickens Society symposium, Adapting Dickens.