Fourteen-year-old Otto writes a suicide letter to his family and classmates, but his attempt fails. Too ashamed to go back home, he hides. As night falls, he roams the city streets like a ghost—until a girl from his high school, Léna, recognizes him.

Wollstonecraft, then an impoverished young Englishwoman, makes the bold decision to lead her life according to the ideals of the enlightenment.