A chance encounter at a German casino alters the lives of Daniel Deronda, a directionless yet honourable young man, and Gwendolen Harleth, a beautiful and selfish young woman. Having gone their separate ways, Daniel turns his attention to helping Mirah, a young Jewish woman, locate her missing family, while Gwendolen enters into an arranged marriage in order to save her family from poverty. Yet as they search separately for fulfillment, each is drawn back to the other. Be it mystery, romance, dr