Flush

Flush is a playful and experimental work of literary criticism and biography by Virginia Woolf. This volume focuses on the life of a pet spaniel belonging to the Victorian poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning. Through this unique narrative, Woolf examines the boundaries between humans and animals while addressing complex themes of class, sexuality, and eugenics within the English literary tradition.

This edition from Cambridge University Press provides a rigorous scholarly approach to the text. It includes full transcriptions of reading notebooks, drafts, and the original Atlantic Monthly version. By offering extensive explanatory notes and a detailed introduction, the book places Flush within its historical and sociopolitical context. This volume serves as a comprehensive resource for those studying European and English literature and Woolf's radical approach to the biographical form.