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This unusual biography traces the life of Flush from his carefree existence in the country, to his adoption by Ms. Browning and his travails in London, leading up to his final days in a bucolic Italy.
- Virginia Woolf
- 1933
Apr 14, 2021 · Flush (1933) might be regarded as a struggle for people who regard themselves as serious readers. Surely the intimidating, fiercely intellectual author of The Waves didn't actually write a light-hearted biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel?
At first Flush could distinguish nothing in the pale greenish gloom but five white globes glimmering mysteriously in mid-air. But again it was the smell of the room that overpowered him.
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Jan 22, 2016 · Woolf's best-selling spoof biography of the poet Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's lap dog, Flush, has until recently received relatively little serious critical attention. Flush: A Biography has been read as an allegory of class war, lesbian love, the plight of women writers, and much else besides.
- Jane Goldman
- 2016
Flush: A Biography Summary & Study Guide includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis, quotes, character descriptions, themes, and more.
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In this book Virginia Woolf tells the life story of the Spaniel Flush and his mistress the English poet Elizabeth Barett. The two are inseprable and share the ups and downs in life. Elizabet Barett became the wife of poet Robert Browning and shortly after their marriage they moved to Italy taking Flush with them.
- Virginia Woolf
