A Moment's Liberty The Shorter Diary Author:Virginia Woolf The Diary of Virginia Woolf has been acclaimed as a masterpiece. Anne Olivier Bell edited the five-volume original, and she has now abridged the Diary in this splendidly readable single volume edition. ?A fine opportunity to experience Woolf?s biting wit and scathing depiction of her contemporaries? (Booklist). Introduction by Quentin Bell; Index.