Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by…

Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl’s fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson’s niece Olivia takes…

A cavalcade of English life from New Year’s Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are…