Virginia Woolf 
Night and Day 

The daughter of a literary household of means, Katherine Hilbery has distanced herself from romantic entanglements in favour of a life of intellectual pursuits. Mary Datchet, the daughter of a country vicar, has chosen to focus her attentions on supporting the suffrage movement. But when confronted with offers of marriage from unlikely suitors, both women must determine whether or not there is room for love in the lives they have chosen to lead.One of Virginia Woolfs earliest novels, Night and Day examines each womans thoughts on love, marriage, and personal fulfillment in Edwardian England.