★ Virginia Woolf’s first illustrated collection of life‑writing—a guiding light for women, leading you beyond the beaten path. Presented as a bilingual English–Chinese edition, it pairs the original diary entries with artistic illustrations, chronicling Woolf’s life from age 38 to 59. In these pages, she lays bare her everyday routines, the challenges faced by women, the struggles of depression and aging, and the arduous process of creation, revealing a rich inner world and profound spiritual quest.
★ The book captures Woolf’s observations and insights during her “middle‑aged” years, candidly exploring her daily life, the female condition, the toll of depression and old age, and the rigors of writing. It unveils her vibrant inner landscape and intellectual journey, reminding readers to practice patience, cultivate joy, and live at their own pace.
★ Bilingual English–Chinese text, the original diary entries, and bespoke illustrations come together to bring to life a vivid, three‑dimensional portrait of Virginia Woolf. Artist Memei Mia has reimagined Woolf’s likeness, drawing on photographs and historical sources to recreate her everyday scenes with a touch of romantic flair.

This book is the first illustrated collection of Virginia Woolf’s personal journals, presenting her life from age 38 to 59 through a combination of original bilingual (Chinese–English) diary entries and artistic illustrations.
In it, she candidly chronicles her everyday routines, the challenges faced by women, the struggles of depression and aging, and the arduous process of creation, revealing a rich inner world and profound spiritual quest.
Her writing conveys keen sensitivity, rational insight, and abundant emotion; even as it captures the pain and struggle behind her groundbreaking works, it also reveals an abiding passion and exhilaration for creativity.
If you, too, often find yourself caught in self‑doubt and introspection, turn to this illustrated journal of Woolf’s life. Join her in continuous reflection, in the search for yourself, and in forging a steadfast path forward.

Within these pages, you will encounter Woolf’s reflections on life:
★ Faced with moments of emotional collapse, she draws on her own strength to rise again:
“Always seek to please yourself; that way, at least one person in this world will be happy.”
★ When her work was mercilessly torn apart, she remained calm, free of distraction, writing simply for the sake of writing:
“All praise and all censure may come and go; I will quietly follow my own course, unmoved. I will care for others and stride boldly ahead in life, unburdened.”
★ Confronted with anxieties about age, she cast off her constraints with effortless ease:
“I do not believe in growing old; I believe only in constantly adjusting one’s stance—turning toward the sun. I will embrace a new way of living, clean and clear, retreating into my own space to devote myself wholeheartedly to my own work.”
★ As her body began to age, she urged against needless worry:
“I have already endured many of those inexplicable intervals in life—they are, paradoxically, the very soil in which creativity thrives, much like fallow land that yields a richer harvest.”
★ She habitually recorded on paper her happiest moments, often indulging in a touch of exaggeration:
“The wind howls outside, yet the garden basks in gentle sunshine. All day long I’ve been weeding, tending the flowerbeds with a strange kind of fervor, thinking to myself: this is happiness.”

Virginia Woolf, author
A British female writer, literary critic, and theorist, she is a leading figure of the stream-of-consciousness school and a pioneering modernist and feminist of the twentieth century, as well as a central figure in London’s literary circles during the two World Wars.
She revolutionized literary language. In her novels, she experimented with the stream-of-consciousness technique, seeking to capture the subconscious depths of human experience. Her major works include Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.

Mee Mee Meya, illustrator
A freelance illustrator and popular art blogger on Xiaohongshu, she specializes in fashion illustration, skillfully using color and line to create evocative, atmospheric pieces.
Her work centers on women, portraying their unique, unbound freedom. The vitality in her paintings is conveyed visually to the viewer, evoking a sense of girls’ ease and their inherent worthiness of love.

Ke Ning, translator
A museum curator, translator, and poet.
Notable translations include: Her Laboratory, I Really Want to Love This World, My Puppeteer Friend, and The Robot in the Garden.