Night and Day

"Night and Day," published by Virginia Woolf in 1919, is set in Edwardian London and contrasts the lives and romantic relationships of Katharine Hilbery and Mary Datchet. The novel explores themes of love, marriage, happiness, and success. Major characters include Katharine, a privileged woman engaged to William Rodney but later marrying Ralph Denham; Mary, a suffragist; Ralph, a lawyer pursuing Katharine; and William, a poet romantically involved with Katharine's cousin Cassandra. Woolf delves into women's suffrage and questions the compatibility of love and marriage.