Der zweite Band der Tagebücher von Virginia Woolf behandelt die Jahre, in denen ›Jacobs Zimmer‹ und ›Mrs Dalloway‹ entstanden. Er beleuchtet ihre schriftstellerische Entwicklung, den Freundeskreis in London, das häusliche Leben in Richmond und ihre Reaktionen auf Schönheit. Zudem dokumentiert er ihre Freundschaft zu Vita Sackville-West und ihre Romanideen.
The penultimate volume of Woolf's diaries details the mature period of The Years and moments of personal sadness brought by the deaths of Lytton Strachey, Dora Carrington, and Roger Fry. "A book of extraordinary vitality, wit, and beauty" (New York Times Book Review). Edited by Anne Olivier Bell, assisted by Andrew McNeillie; Index.
The second volume covers a crucial period in Woolf's development as a writer. "Her sensibility, her sensitiveness, her humor, her drama... above all her catalytic gifts as a writer seem almost too much for one remarkable woman." Christian Science Monitor