An ex-slave trader with an encrypted note schemes about its meaning, while a man with a secret past travels with his family down the Amazon in a giant raft to attend his daughter’s wedding.

A group of colonists attempt to settle in the Arctic Circle.

A young girl grows up in the care of her uncle and his friends, while his heirs scheme to prevent her from inheriting anything.

As a young woman and her husband try to make something of their printing business, her brother tries to find success as an author in Paris.

A young woman with a miserly father falls in love with her cousin.

A young woman in the English Midlands struggles to find a direction in life.

A small town becomes swept up in the fervor of attempted revolution.

The story of a young woman who marries badly, told in several vignettes covering the remainder of her life.

A young couple work through the details of negotiating a marriage contract.

A woman in an unhappy marriage finds love with the local gameskeeper, while she contemplates her position in the society of early 20th century England.

An author struggles to complete his book without having any practical experience of Satanism.

A young man falls for an older woman, who introduces him to a friend in order to distract him.