The story of the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt/cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.
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Mary Thorne
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Lady Arabella Gresham
Frank Gresham Sr.
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Sir Roger Scatcherd
Lu Nanyi, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, and Lin Qingqiu, from a distinguished family, grew up as childhood sweethearts. However, Lin Qingqiu was betrothed to another due to his parents' arrangement, though he still loved Lu Nanyi. They planned to elope on his wedding day but were tricked into believing the other had abandoned them, leading to their heartbreaking separation. A year later, Lin Qingqiu became the magistrate of Jinzhou County, seeking Lu Nanyi, while she gained fame as a storywriter. A murder case in Liu Zhou mirrored Lu Nanyi's stories, putting her under suspicion. As Lin Qingqiu investigated, the former lovers reunited, rekindling their old flame amidst the tension of avenging their past heartbreaks. However, the quest for the real killer complicates their reunion and raises the question: can their fractured relationship truly heal?
Feared across the Jianghu, Yue Lanshan—the enigmatic leader of Dark Night Castle—is known for her unique skill of "listening to the voice of heart." Traveling south under a false identity, she challenges the Justice League’s finest warriors in search of the benefactor who once saved her life. Her quest takes an unexpected turn when a Qingfeng Sect heir bears the same peach-blossom mark over his heart, sparking a fateful encounter that gives rise to a legendary Jianghu romance.
Yi Tianxing swore to rescue his master, Sun Wukong, who had been imprisoned beneath a mountain for five centuries. After enduring countless hardships, he finally cultivated into an immortal himself and journeyed to the Six Divine Shrines to petition for a royal pardon decree. Yet, he only then discovered that his master's imprisonment had been part of a grand, ancient conspiracy orchestrated by Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism from the very beginning. Determined, Yi Tianxing resolved to overturn fate itself and to dismantle the unjust "Celestial Order."
Wang Cuihua, an ordinary office worker, is thrust into a novel as a doomed villainess. To change her fate, she teams up with a tyrant, who is also a fellow transmigrator. Together, they fight to survive against the story’s original heroine and scheming male lead.
Last of the Ninth is an HBO tv pilot for the 2008-2009 season. It was described as a cop drama, set in New York in the early 1970s, about the relationship between a young undercover cop and a veteran detective in a department fiscally crippled, under attack by revolutionaries, and which has been brought by allegations of systemic corruption into public disrepute. The series was not picked up.
Zhuang Hanyan, abandoned as a child and raised in the countryside, returns to her family in the capital, catching the attention of Fu Yunxi, a magistrate seeking a capable wife. As they grow closer, Hanyan finds warmth in family bonds as their relationship deepens.
Set at the end of the 12th century when several wars for control of Japan disrupted a long era of peace, this tale of "Heike" (another name for the Taira clan) focuses on Taira Kiyomori who fights alongside other members of his clan to at first successfully overcome the Minamoto clan and their bid for power. Battles and intrigue abound, as the puppet Emperor and Buddhist monks take sides in the power struggle. At issue is Kiyomori's parentage, not an unusual problem for the nobility in that era where clandestine liaisons among courtiers and the upper classes were common.
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
The arrival of a young, well-off, eligible man named Mr. Bingley sends the Bennet household--with five girls of a marrying age--into a tizzy. But it's the introduction of Mr. Bingley's friend, Mr. Darcy, that sets in motion the fate of Elizabeth Bennet, resolved only after a labyrinth of social and personal complexities.
Si Xiaonian, the elegant owner of a garment shop, marries the gentleman Yan Wuming. However, on their wedding day, both mysteriously disappear. It is revealed that each has been hiding a secret identity. As they confront their deep love and the truths they've kept hidden, they become tangled in a complex and emotional struggle.
Teng Yuyi was killed by a treacherous person, but when she woke up, she found herself transported back to the year before her death. Her cousin was still alive, her grandfather was in good health, and she unexpectedly acquired the "Xiaoya Sword," a divine blade capable of slaying demons and monsters. With this magical sword by her side, Teng Yuyi set out on a journey to uncover the truth behind her previous death. During her quest, a chance encounter led to a clash with the heir of Prince Cheng. Though their first meeting was fraught with conflict, they gradually developed an unlikely bond, launching into a chaotic yet collaborative journey to hunt demons side by side.
The female lead, Shen Yuling, transmigrates into an ancient romance novel where the original host dies a tragic death after another time-traveler steals her luck. To avoid the fate of dying along with her unborn child and witnessing her family's destruction, she takes the initiative to court Quan Minghe, a cold-blooded emperor who is also her husband's uncle. While navigating relationships with figures like County Prince Feng Moheng, she manipulates key power players, ultimately achieving revenge and protecting her family.
When the business prodigy meets a domineering man, their story begins. The eldest daughter of a merchant family has been living with two identities. To outsiders, Jun Qiluo is Jun Feifan, the illegitimate son of the family. She was taken to Beixuan at the age of 20 years old. Jun Qiluo experiences many hardships in a foreign land. She is accused of being a spy, humiliated, and mistreated. Qiluo finds a chance to escape but discovers that while she is away from home, the prince has colluded with her brother-in-law and his mistress to steal their family fortune. Jun Qiluo takes her aging father, erniang, and two younger sisters with her as she fights to rebuild the family business.
As the chaos in Yong'an escalates, Shen Zhen finds herself navigating the harsh realities of the streets, her sheltered existence shattered. Meanwhile, Lu Shiyan's pursuit of justice becomes intertwined with his unexpected connection to Shen Zhen, leading them both into an uncertain future. Despite the odds stacked against them, their collaboration leads to significant revelations about the West Canal collapse. However, as they draw closer to the truth, they also attract the attention of a formidable adversary, whose presence threatens their newfound bond and jeopardizes their lives. As they confront the looming danger, Shen Zhen and Lu Shiyan must rely on each other's strength and determination to survive the treacherous journey ahead.
A-Qing, a sensitive youth in 1971 Taipei, is expelled from school and rejected by his family after a same-sex relationship with classmate Zhao Ying is discovered. Alone and searching for belonging, he begins spending time at New Park, a gathering place for gay men, where he meets friends and fellow outsiders navigating love, desire, and survival in a society that ostracizes them. Through his experiences and those of his peers, the story explores identity, friendship, longing, and the struggle for acceptance, offering a nuanced portrait of Taiwan’s gay subculture in the early 1970s and the bonds that sustain a marginalized community.
When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Powerful historical drama series, based on the lives of real people, telling the story of young 19th-century apprentices taking their lives into their own hands for the first time.
The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
Margaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and willfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton...
Belgravia, 1871. When Lord Frederick Trenchard meets Clara Dunn, their courtship is full of passion. But after they marry, the scandalous world of high society and a long-buried family secret threaten to unravel their happiness.
The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
Dublin, 1868. The Guinness family patriarch is dead, and his four children — each with dark secrets to hide — hold the brewery's fate in their hands.
An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and fly off into fantasy.
A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.
On the rugged coast of County Clare, Val Ahern's husband is found dead at the foot of a cliff the morning after a family party. The matriarch starts to dig into the family's secrets to find out who might be responsible.
The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise revolves around the lives of the people who live and work in the store, each bound in their own way by the power of the world they live in, and the pasts that follow them there. A love story, mystery, and social comedy all in one.
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the characters find themselves under increasing and extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world. By banding together as the Great Paxford Women’s Institute, they help maintain the nation’s fabric in its darkest hour, and discover inner resources that will change their lives forever.
An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British - torn from their ordinary lives to train as agents in an ultra-secret facility on the shores of Lake Ontario. These agents parachute behind enemy lines, where they're fair game for torture and execution. From elegant hotels to hellholes in the field, it's one risky operation after another, masterminded by the brains of Camp X.
Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women's movement, the nature of celebrity and America's cultural evolution.
A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.
As the bubonic plague spreads through Italy, a group of nobles and servants retreats to a villa, where their lavish getaway quickly spirals into chaos.
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.