Flush

A Biography

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Published: 2012
Language: English

Virginia Woolf offers a unique perspective in "Flush," telling the story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's beloved cocker spaniel. Follow Flush from his country upbringing to his life as a companion to the invalid poet, experiencing jealousy, acceptance, and joy as his world expands. It's a charming look at the lives of poets through the eyes of their loyal dog.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Reflective Heartwarming Emotional Thought-Provoking

Fish Out of Water Coming of Age

Animals Biography & Memoir Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Biography Folklore History

Authors

Katyuli Lloyd

Katyuli Lloyd is the author of Flush, a sharp and funny novel that explores family dynamics. If you enjoyed that, you'll appreciate her direct style and keen observations.

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) was an English writer and one of the most influential modernist authors of the twentieth century. Born Adeline Virginia Stephen in London, she pioneered stream-of-consciousness narration in novels including Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and The Waves, and wrote the landmark feminist essay A Room of One's Own. A central figure of the Bloomsbury Group, she co-founded the Hogarth Press with her husband, Leonard Woolf, in 1917. Woolf struggled with recurring mental illn...