In the city of Coketown, young and stifled Louisa accepts the marriage proposal of a man 30 years her senior, Stephen strives to earn a living by honest means, and Sissy has to decide between an education and the circus she grew up in. In this classic of great renown, Charles Dickens brings to life a world where each character has a choice and every choice has the power to evoke good or the greatest of evils.