小镇上搬来了名为芬西（凯莉·霍威 Keeley Hawes 饰），她的独立、自信和阳光深深的吸引了平凡的小镇青年迪克（詹姆斯·莫瑞 James Murray 饰）的注意。与此同时，财主夏纳（史蒂夫·佩姆伯顿 Steve Pemberton 饰）也对芬西情有独钟，虽然芬西更钟意迪克的热情奔放，但父亲显然更希望芬西能够选择夏纳，因为加入一个富有的家庭能够给与芬西更光明的前途。 芬西的父亲在一场意外中遇险，当夏纳得知救了父亲一名的是夏纳时，做出了她的选择。得知了芬西的选择，迪克十分难过，他离开了小镇，决定闯一闯天下。之后，芬西震惊的得知，夏纳救了父亲这件事情是一个谎言，她毅然决然的离开了夏纳。Young educated beauty Fancy Day comes to town to teach school and care for her ailing father. Soon gossip around town turns to who Miss Day will marry. The lead contender is wealthy Mr. Shinar. Fancy, however, has also caught the attention of poor Dick Dewy and Parson Maybold. Poor Fancy is also caught in the middle of a feud between the parson and the former church choir when the parson introduces a harmonium to provide the church music, effectively usurping the choir, and asks Fancy to play.
