"Flush: A Biography" by Virginia Woolf, published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933. First American edition, with 'first edition' stated on the copyright page. First printing with no additional printings listed.

Hard boards, original cloth, silvery lettering on spine, 5.1/2" x 8.1/4"; the endpapers are illustrated by Vanessa Bell, a sister of Virginia Woolf, frontispiece photo of Flush on glossy paper, 185 pages on nice cream color paper + 2 monochrome plates on glossy paper, very good/ fine condition.

"Flush: A Biography", an imaginative biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, is a cross-genre blend of fiction and nonfiction by Virginia Woolf published in 1933. Flush is the little spaniel given to Elizabeth by a friend. He shifts from running in broad fields chasing rabbits to languishing on the carpet in her bedroom, taking brief outings on a lead, getting kidnapped by the mid-19th century gangs, spirited away as she elopes with Browning and is exposed to the concept of prejudice.

Flush, enchants right from the opening pages. Although Flush has adventures of his own with bullying dogs, horrid maids, and robbers, he also provides the reader with a glimpse into Browning's life.

"A Classic. Great story from a doggy's point of view - very clever… Poor little dog, happy little dog. Virginia Wolf takes you there as usual. One to read again when you miss your own faithful companion." [a private review]

Adeline Virginia Woolf [1882-1941] was an English writer. She is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.

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