This volume is the latest in the ongoing complete edition of the diaries kept by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916) over a number of decades. The state archives in Brno have a total of 36 full-year diaries from the period between 1862 and 1909, while others (up to 1916) have been handed down from outside sources. In accordance with the literary rank of their author, these diaries are notable in a number of respects, casting interesting light on her biography, the genesis of her works, the history of contemporary literature (with an abundance of aphorisms) and - as the product of a noblewoman living in the Austro-Hungarian Empire - on the cultural history of the period in general.