Adapted by screenwriter extraordinaire Andrew Davies (“Bleak House,” “Pride and Prejudice”), the five-part miniseries stars Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley) as hero Arthur Clennam, newcomer Claire Foy as Amy “Little” Dorrit and Tom Courtenay (The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner) as her father, who has been incarcerated for 25 years for insolvency. Scores of other great actors appear in this moving tale that was particularly close to Dickens’ heart, since his own father did time in debtor’s prison.
Dorrit family
Broken by reminders of the past in London, Mr. Dorrit returns to Amy in Italy. Ruin threatens all who have invested with Merdle. The plot reaches a climax at the House of Clennam, where miracles and disasters ensue, and at the Marshalsea, where Amy and Arthur meet once more.
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