Charlie, a young aristocrat in turn of the century England, meets a boy named Frank on the road to Portsmouth. What Charlie doesn't realize is that Frank is actually Frances, who's donned a disguise to escape working at a brothel. Charlie takes Frank/Frances into his home, and when he discovers her true identity, the two become lovers. He sends her to London to be trained by his mistress in the art of sex, but she learns much more about her identity as a woman. Before the opening credits, explicitly on-screen it reads: "Based on the famous Victorian erotic novel by an anonymous writer".

本片根据安妮·巴罗斯、玛丽·安·谢弗同名小说改编。故事构建于二战后，讲述作家朱丽叶·艾什顿(莉莉·詹姆斯饰)与“根西岛文学与土豆皮馅饼俱乐部”之间互相了解并熟知的故事。

　　故事发生在风景秀丽的托斯卡纳乡下，特修斯公爵（大卫·斯特雷泽恩 David Strathairn 饰）正在积极的准备着自己即将到来的婚礼。在这样一个充满了幸福和快乐的氛围里，传来了不和谐的争吵之声，原来，伊吉斯（伯纳德·希尔 Bernard Hill 饰）的女儿郝米亚（安娜·弗莱尔 Anna Friel 饰）不愿嫁给与她门当户对的贵族迪米特吕斯（克里斯蒂安·贝尔 Christian Bale 饰），因为她爱上了默默无闻的青年莱桑德（多米尼克·威斯特 Dominic West 饰）。
　　德高望重的特修斯公爵命令郝米亚听从父亲的命令，郝米亚的好友海伦娜（卡莉斯塔·弗洛克哈特 Calista Flockhart 饰）也极力的劝说着倔强的郝米亚。悲痛中，郝米亚决定和爱人私奔，迪米特吕斯和海伦娜紧随其后，四人先后进入了幽暗的森林之中，在森林里，不仅有正在排练的表演团，还住着拥有神奇法术的仙王和仙后。

　　Atlanta, 1873. It's another day (Melanie's funeral, in fact), and Scarlett is determined to win back Rhett (who's spending a lot of time with Belle Watling). First, she goes to Tara and spats with Sue Ellen over Tara. Then she goes to Charleston, presenting herself to Rhett's mother and friends, to Rhett's dismay. But when she's caught in a compromising position with Ashely, she retires to her mother's people in Savannah, and her overbearing grandfather Robelard, while Rhett courts a new bride. Scarlett also seeks out her O'Hara relatives and meets her cousin Colum, a priest (and gunrunner). And knowing them, she goes to Ireland. There she meets the handsome Earl of Fenton, who owns Ballyhara, the ancestral home of the O'Haras. And when Scarlett buys it from him, she becomes the financial and spiritual head of the family. But her newfound happiness is short-lived as disasters strike, and she must rely on Rhett's love for her to save her from the gallows.