p 　　Charlie, a young aristocrat in turn of the century England, meets a boy named Frank on the road to Portsmouth What Charlie doesn 三九 t realize is that Frank is actually Frances, who 三九 s donned a disguise to escape working at a brothel Charlie takes Frank Frances into his home, and when he discovers her true identity, the two become lovers He sends her to London to be trained by his mistress in the art of sex, but she learns much more about her identity as a woman Before the opening credits, explicitly on-screen it reads: quot Based on the famous Victorian erotic novel by an anonymous writer quot p