In 1818, a half-educated but boldly self-possessed beauty named Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) captures the admiration, and then the love, of a tubercular young man (Ben Whishaw).
While on the site, she encounters the charming Ben (MacFarlane), who pursues her as they bond over their mutual loveof a "Downton Abbey"-ish series, Upton Rectory.