Night and Day (first published on 20 October 1919) is the second novel by Virginia Woolf. Set in Edwardian London, Night and Day contrasts the daily lives of two friends, Katharine Hilbery and Mary Datchet. The best-seller novel examines the relationships between love, marriage, happiness, and success.Night and Day deals with issues concerning women's suffrage, if love and marriage can coexist, and if marriage is necessary for happiness. Virginia Woolf makes many references to the works of William Shakespeare, especially from As You Like It.