A young aristocrat, an orphan forced to earn a living by hired labor, gets a position as a governess in a wealthy estate. A huge, gloomy house where she will have to live and work is full of superstitions, terrifying secrets, and mysterious phenomena. But what interests—and at times terrifies— the governess most is the owner of the estate: a young widower, a misanthrope, mysterious and ominous, yet well-mannered, extremely elegant man—one who is destined to become her fate…