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by Virginia Woolf (Author), Gretel Davis (Contributor)
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Dimensions
    15.88 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
  3. ISBN-10
    1856955419
  4. ISBN-13
    978-1856955416
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The work of this gifted writer is impeccably read by Gretel Davis. Her rich, English voice is a perfect vehicle for the inner voice of Flush, the very pedigreed cocker spaniel. The canine companion of Elizabeth Barrett, Flush gives an eyewitness account of the developing relationship between his owner and Robert Browning. All that we learn of the two poets and lovers is filtered through Flush. This is anthropomorphism at its most blatant, and it's wonderful in every sense. A love of dogs and romance will enhance the listener's experience, but this recording will have wide appeal regardless. C.A.K. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1856955419
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1856955416
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 318 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.88 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
  • 鶹 Rank: #6,673 in Textbooks
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    4.6 out of 5 stars 321 ratings

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Virginia Woolf

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Virginia Woolf is now recognized as a major twentieth-century author, a great novelist and essayist and a key figure in literary history as a feminist and a modernist. Born in 1882, she was the daughter of the editor and critic Leslie Stephen, and suffered a traumatic adolescence after the deaths of her mother, in 1895, and her step-sister Stella, in 1897, leaving her subject to breakdowns for the rest of her life. Her father died in 1904 and two years later her favourite brother Thoby died suddenly of typhoid.

With her sister, the painter Vanessa Bell, she was drawn into the company of writers and artists such as Lytton Strachey and Roger Fry, later known as the Bloomsbury Group. Among them she met Leonard Woolf, whom she married in 1912, and together they founded the Hogarth Press in 1917, which was to publish the work of T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and Katherine Mansfield as well as the earliest translations of Freud. Woolf lived an energetic life among friends and family, reviewing and writing, and dividing her time between London and the Sussex Downs. In 1941, fearing another attack of mental illness, she drowned herself.

Her first novel, The Voyage Out, appeared in 1915, and she then worked through the transitional Night and Day (1919) to the highly experimental and impressionistic Jacob's Room (1922). From then on her fiction became a series of brilliant and extraordinarily varied experiments, each one searching for a fresh way of presenting the relationship between individual lives and the forces of society and history. She was particularly concerned with women's experience, not only in her novels but also in her essays and her two books of feminist polemic, A Room of One's Own (1929) and Three Guineas (1938).

Her major novels include Mrs Dalloway (1925), the historical fantasy Orlando (1928), written for Vita Sackville-West, the extraordinarily poetic vision of The Waves (1931), the family saga of The Years (1937), and Between the Acts (1941). All these are published by Penguin, as are her Diaries, Volumes I-V, and selections from her essays and short stories.

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  • Mashado
    5.0 out of 5 stars If you've just lost your dog, this book is for you.
    Reviewed in Canada on December 21, 2020
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    Beautiful and powerful short story. Felt like I had lived Flush's (and Elisabeth's) life after reading it. Highly recommend for anyone who has recently lost a dog, it will make you smile, cry, and remember the good times.
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  • Andrew laing
    5.0 out of 5 stars Book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2024
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    Exactly what I expected
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  • Dallass
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great to slip into a pocket.
    Reviewed in Australia on August 13, 2021
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    This is only my second book in this series. They are a fantastic option when you want something to read you can just slip into a pocket or purse, and this book sounded very intriguing. My only complaint is that none of the illustrations in other editions found their way into this book. Otherwise, a charming little book.
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    Dallass
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Great to slip into a pocket.

    Reviewed in Australia on August 13, 2021
    This is only my second book in this series. They are a fantastic option when you want something to read you can just slip into a pocket or purse, and this book sounded very intriguing. My only complaint is that none of the illustrations in other editions found their way into this book. Otherwise, a charming little book.
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  • alessandra cardarelli
    5.0 out of 5 stars Flush, il cocker
    Reviewed in Italy on November 8, 2020
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    Virginia Woolf non si smentisce mai! Il cocker di Elisabeth Bennet Browning si racconta e chi ha un cocker non potrà che riconoscerlo in lui. Libro delizioso
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  • Patto
    5.0 out of 5 stars A dog's eye view of a great love
    Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2013
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    Virginia Woolf had an affinity for animals, and often gave people close to her animal-inspired pet names. She lived with many dogs over her lifetime, so it's no wonder she became enchanted with the personality of Flush, as described in the letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, and chose to tell their love story from Flush's point of view.

    I'm not a great dog lover, yet I too fell under the spell of this emotional little red cocker spaniel. I was moved by his devotion to his poetic invalid mistress. I was amused by his snobbish pride on his pedigree. I suffered with him through his dreadful experience in the hands of the London dog snatchers.

    Flush has great sympathy for all the human emotions, and experiences his own doggie version of them. Woolf portrays him in the throws of love, jealousy, aversion, fear and exhalation. In the process we get a canine view of the great love adventure between the Brownings.

    Flush can be enjoyed for its sheer charm, or plumbed for deeper meaning. The fascinating introduction explores gender and class issues in Flush, as well as other radical themes.

    The introduction also includes some analysis of Woolf's other novels - all supporting the view that Flush is not merely a whimsical aberration in Woolf's output, but a serious, multi-layer work. Besides this excellent critical introduction, there's also a brief biographical preface outlining Woolf's life and a chronology of Virginia Woolf. So I would certainly recommend the Oxford World's Classics edition to get the fullest appreciation of Flush.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Bien
    Reviewed in Spain on August 14, 2024
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