Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O’Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.

A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he is already married.

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along…

A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man’s death.

A woman’s love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the “back streets” of his life.