Governess Nell Sweeney is called upon to help locate a young girl who may have run off with her boyfriends; but as Nell traces Bridget's path through backalley streets and the seedy parts of town, she finds herself caught in a dangerous trap.
In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret.
In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret.
A satirical panorama of upper-middle-class life and manners in London at the beginning of the nineteenth century featuring Becky Sharp, who must use all her wit, charm, and considerable sex appeal to escape her drab destiny as a governess.