Regina Olsen desired to "save a man from himself." Maybe it was because she could not save her father? Maybe it was for true love.

Whatever the reason, Regina, who had been engaged to another man, set her course for a lifelong love to a man who would become known the world over for his brilliance. Søren Kierkegaard, the passionate Danish philosopher, was drowning in his melancholy. He reminded Regina much of her father. Søren asks Regina to marry him, but before they wed, he breaks off the union in order to pursue what he perceives as God's calling on his life-to write.

Regina finally marries the man who loved her all along, only to have Søren once again intrude upon her life.