The story about the Victorian era and values, stars Victor and Victoria,
who are to be married soon in an arranged marriage. Victor Van Dort is
the son of a nouveau riche couple who are looking to marry their
son into aristocracy. Victoria Everglot is the daughter of the aristocratic Everglot family who are bankrupt and are looking to their
daughter's marriage to restore their family fortune. Victor is a shy
young man, who is not ready to get married. However, he changes his mind
after he meets the lovely Victoria.
Unfortunately, he manages to bumble
during the wedding rehearsal and runs away into the forest. While
wandering about there, he rehearses his wedding vows and places the
wedding ring on pointy branch sticking out of the ground and says, "With
this ring, I ask you to be mine". Who was to know that the pointy
branch turns out to be the skeletal ring finger of Emily, 
the Corpse
Bride?
She rises from the ground and says,
"I do"...
From then on, the story takes a wild ride through the highs of Victorian aristocracy and the lows of the world of the Dead. Victor is the unfortunate man
caught between his aristocratic bride-to-be Victoria
and
his lawfully wedded Corpse Bride Emily.
Who gets to marry Victor?
Victoria or
Emily?
