A BBC Radio 4 dramatization of Charlotte Bronte's tale of plain Lucy Snow, who travels to Belgium to take up a position at a finishing school run by the evil Madame Beck and her cousin. The only relief in Lucy's life is the presence of a handsome English doctor, but her passionate love is unrequited. This full-cast dramatization stars Catherine McCormack as Lucy Snowe, James Laurenson as Monsieur Paul Emanuel, and Joseph Fiennes as Graham Bretton.