Way Down East
Overview
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
The Scarlet Letter
Overview
In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Overview
Two young girls are sent away to live with their uncle, which sets off a chain of events resulting in an Indian attack on the town.
Broken Blossoms
Overview
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.