Flush by Virginia Woolf (English) Paperback Book

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Flush was an English cocker spaniel who belonged to the nineteenth-century poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

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A gorgeous Vintage Classics edition of Virginia Woolf's lively, witty and insightful 'biography' of the cocker spaniel Flush, loyal companion to nineteenth century poet Elizabeth Barrett BrowningFlush was an English cocker spaniel who belonged to the nineteenth-century poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Virginia Woolf learned of him from the love letters Elizabeth wrote to her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning, and found 'the figure of their dog made me laugh so, I couldn't resist making him a Life.' The resulting 'biography' combines sensuous imaginative description with sharp social comment, and brings Woolf's unsentimental humour and insight to the fore. We see Flush as loyal confidant to Elizabeth on her sickbed at Wimpole Street, and from his jealous perspective we witness her courtship by Browning, their elopement and new life in Italy. The perfect accessible introduction to Woolf's genius, a unique blend of fact and fiction, Flush is perhaps best read in the company of a canine companion.This edition includes the four original illustrations by Vanessa Bell and an afterword by Margaret Forster.Cover designed by the award-winning Finnish designer Aino-Maija Metsola

Notes

The great modernist writer's biography of Flush, the cocker spaniel of nineteenth century poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, is available here as part of the Vintage Lives series, providing an insight into Woolf at her most playful and accessible.

Author Biography

Virginia Woolf was born in London in 1882, the daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen, first editor of The Dictionary of National Biography. From 1915, when she published her first novel, The Voyage Out, Virginia Woolf maintained an astonishing output of fiction, literary criticism, essays and biography. In 1912 she married Leonard Woolf, and in 1917 they founded the Hogarth Press. Virginia Woolf suffered a series of mental breakdowns throughout her life, and on 28 March 1941 she committed suicide.

Review

A most triumphant trespassing of human imagination into dog sensibilities... The result is a book of irresistible grace and charm * Spectator *Flush is an afternoon's delight for dog-loving readers. It's wit and whimsy and sniffing, snuffling playfulness will amuse anyone who's ever known a spaniel. Woolf's literary underdog is a canine classic. * Guardian *A masterpiece... It is not fiction because it has the substance, the reality of truth. It is not biography because it has the freedom, the artistry of fiction * New York Herald Tribune Books *

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A gorgeous Vintage Classics edition of Virginia Woolf's lively, witty and insightful 'biography' of the cocker spaniel Flush, loyal companion to nineteenth century poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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A most triumphant trespassing of human imagination into dog sensibilities... The result is a book of irresistible grace and charm

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A most triumphant trespassing of human imagination into dog sensibilities... The result is a book of irresistible grace and charm

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A gorgeous Vintage Classics edition of Virginia Woolf's lively, witty and insightful 'biography' of the cocker spaniel Flush, loyal companion to nineteenth century poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Details ISBN1784875139 Author Virginia Woolf Publisher Vintage Publishing Series Vintage Lives Year 2018 ISBN-10 1784875139 ISBN-13 9781784875138 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 828.91208 Birth 1882 Death 1941 Publication Date 2018-07-05 Media Book Pages 144 Language English Series Number 6 UK Release Date 2018-07-05 AU Release Date 2018-07-05 NZ Release Date 2018-07-05 Alternative 9781473511934 Audience General We've got this

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