 The two-part film, which followed a woman who was tricked into leaving her wealthy lover by a "delman" driver, was a critical success; it was Lie's first adaptation of a literary work, having been derived from the novel "Tjerita Njai Dasima" ("Story of Njai Dasima"), written by G. Francis in 1896.This was followed by a sequel, "Nancy Bikin Pembalesan" ("Nancy Takes Revenge") in 1930, which followed Dasima's adult daughter Nancy in a quest to avenge her mother's death; this work was also a success.According to Biran, around this time Lie developed an interest in ethnography and began inserting documentation of cultural habits.