The way in which person and world are reflected in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's daughter's diaries is so unpretentious - the family cohesion, reading experiences, holidays in Aussee, visits from friends like Borchardt, R. A. Schröder, Carl J. Burckhardt - that the tumultuous events of the time, the downfall of the Habsburg Empire, come into clear focus. At the same time, the entries reveal a very natural young girl, shaped by the culture and style of her parents' home, yet determined to take her own fate into her hands: She was her father's secretary and tireless assistant - typing, among other things, the manuscripts of 'Der Schwierige' and parts of the tragic play 'Der Turm', and negotiating with editors, publishers, and film producers - she completed her high school diploma, studied Romance languages, and married the Indologist Heinrich Zimmer in 1928. Alongside the diaries, which end in 1923, are the letters of.