Publisher's Synopsis
First published in 1919 this book caused a great stir in psychoanalitic circles in Vienna. Freud was fascinated by the vivid account of the emotions of a young girl on the threshold of adulthood, recounted with frankness and lucidity. The authorship of the diary has never been known and to this day it is unclear whether it is authentic or not. The doctor who first showed it to Freud, Mrs Hermine Von Hug-Hellmuth (1871-1924), has always been associated with it as editor, but it has been suggested that she may have written it, possibly in collaboration with her sister.
