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Flush

By: Virginia Woolf
Narrated by: Prunella Scales
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Summary

One of the most famous of all literary dogs, Flush was the golden cocker spaniel belonging to Elizabeth Barrett. In this charming and heartfelt biography, Virginia Woolf tells his story: his early days as Miss Mitford's puppy running across the fields in wild abandon and fathering another, the years spent in his invalid mistress' bedroom in Wimpole Street, the terror of his kidnap by a Whitechapel gang, the excitement of Miss Barrett's relationship with Robert Browning, and a subsequent very different and much happier life in Italy.

Flush, already immortalised in poetry, is vividly brought to life in this humorous, compassionate yet unsentimental portrayal of a dog's loves, fears, jealousies, and reconciliations. This is a triumph of imaginative, sympathetic and remarkably accessible writing.

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"A most triumphant trespassing of human imagination into dog sensibilities....A book of irresistible grace and charm." ( Spectator)

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Told from point of view of Barrett Browning's dog

Great story and beautifully read, but the maximum volume is very low, making it difficult to listen to without earphones in an environment with any noise

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Delightful story

This was a lovely story, and very well read by Prunella Scales - found myself on the verge of tears in places.

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Brilliant!

Beautifully-written and reflective, we hear the story of Flush, a cocker spaniel, as he begins his life in the countryside and moves to London to live with Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a poet. The book flowed nicely, with some wonderful observations on society at the time, as told through Flush's eyes, Barrett Browning's diaries and through clever comparison between human and dog society.
Narration by Prunella Scales was beautiful. Enjoyed every moment!

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an interesting journey of a dog across Europe.

Beautiful prose take us across the life and travels of a pedicreed dog at the heals of the poet Elizabeth Barrat Browning..
A slight tale but never the less pleasing on the ear and senses..An enjoyable short story.

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Badly finished recording almost end mid flow

Badly finished recording almost ended mid flow of story, I expect better from Audible, shame

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Abridged version not full book

This is an abridged version that leaves lots out. A shame as there isn't an unabridged version on Audible that I can find.

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Voiceover skips entire parts of the book at a time

It's actually ridiculous how, I'm trying to hold the copy of the book while listening to the recording and every 2 minutes getting lost because the audio book skips paragraphs at a time. This isn't the original story, it's a shame that people pay to essentially not get the product they bought

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