简介：1910.YoungaspiringwriterBenHarveyisattheagewherethoughtsoftheoppositesexovertakehiseverydaylife.Believingthesethoughtstobesininhisheartandagainsthismoralupbringing,Ben,withouttellinganyonebeforehand,decidestoleavehomeandhissmalltownofGalena,untilhecanclearthissinfromhimselfandmakeachangeforthebettertotheworld.WhereheendsupisChicago.Heisimmediatelyfascinatedandenthralledbythesightsandsoundsofthebigcityandallthathebelievesthathastooffer,buthequicklylearnsofthebadthatgoesalongwithit,largelydiscoveredthroughhisnaiveté.Inapredicament,hefindsasaviorinawomannamedLil.Hehasnoideahoweverthatsheisamadam,thather"family"ofgirlslivingwithherareprostitutes,andthatthehouseitselfisabrothel,wheresheislettinghimstayforfreeuntilhelandsonhisfeet.Throughhisstay,heandoneofthehookers,Adeline,fallinlove.LilhelpshimgetajobattheChicagoJournalnewspaper,workingforher"friend"FrancisSullivan,aharddrinkingreporterwhogoestoextreme,unusualandrecklessmeasurestogetthestory,whichhedoesn'talwaysget.ThroughhisworkwithSullivan,Benbeginstowisentothewaysofthebigcity.Withthiswisdomcomesaneventualrealizationthateventhosegoodandpurethingsaroundhimarenotashethought,andthatcorruptionisallaround.Hebeginshisownprocessofhowhecanmaketheworldabetterplace,whichmaynotturnoutexactlythewayheimaginedorwanted.…