1920s London, English writer, Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth Debicki), has reached the apex of modern world literature with her landmark novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway', but nothing seems to soothe the darkness that plagues her. Poems and letters of admiration from Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton) lead to a courtship that is hardly concealed from the outside world. Soon, Virginia is enthralled by Vita....