{"product_id":"flush","title":"Flush","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 500px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/Flush_by_Spode.jpg?v=1593109309\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"redtext\"\u003ePREFACE BY SALLY BEAUMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e144pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781903155455\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery publisher's list should have a book about a dog, and \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlush\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a delightful and unique classic by one of our greatest writers. A 'biography' of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel (1840-54), its direct inspiration was a new edition, in 1930, of the Brownings' love letters in which 'the figure of their dog made me laugh so I couldn't resist making him a Life.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather to Virginia Woolf's dismay, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlush\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was a great popular success. Yet it is a surprisingly feminist book: 'Although ostensibly about the taming of a pedigree dog, Flush addresses the way society tames and classifies women,' writes Sally Beauman in the preface. It may at first appear to be one of Virginia’s lighter works, but beneath its charm lies a novel as beautifully written and quietly subversive as any of her masterpieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel follows Flush, a spirited cocker spaniel, as he is taken from his countryside home where he lived with Miss Mitford, to the enclosed world of Wimpole Street, where he becomes the devoted companion of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Through his canine perspective, Woolf explores not only issues of class, love, and the limits of understanding but also the profound relationship between humans and animals – one of devotion and quiet communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth playful and thought-provoking, \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlush\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel that will delight dog lovers and literary readers alike, offering a beautifully crafted meditation on freedom, captivity, and companionship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on \u003cstrong\u003eFlush\u003c\/strong\u003e, have a look at the Persephone Perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eThe endpaper we chose is a C19th marbled paper of the type that was then often used as endpapers. 'I loved, too, the edition's beautiful endpapers with the swirling Victorian designs in purple (the colour in which Virginia Woolf herself often wrote) that suggest the extremely ''bookish'' nature of this work.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicture Caption\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSpaniel in a landscape by Samuel Spode, 1835\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Virginia Woolf","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098765578547,"sku":"yju1789694495049","price":25.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098765611315,"sku":"afr1789694495050","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098765644083,"sku":"owj1789694495051","price":36.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098765676851,"sku":"hkz1789694495052","price":43.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/flush_1.png?v=1789694499","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/flush","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}