In Charles Dickens' klassischer Geschichte schlägt sich ein Waisenkind auf der Suche nach einem wahren Zuhause von einer grausamen Lehrstelle zu einer Räuberhöhle durch.
Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man; they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.
The childless widow of Allan Fury bequeaths the Fury estate to her Fuller relatives, but Allan's illegitimate son who masquerades as a servant hopes to grab the estate for himself.
Philippa Shelley races against time to clear her husband Nicholas Talbot of a murder he did not commit. While she works on getting proof, the prosecution is doing all it can to force a conviction.
