Shooting an Elephant
of George Orwell
Description
"Shooting an Elephant" is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. The other masterly essays in this collection include classics such as "My Country Right or Left", "How the Poor Die" and "Such, Such were the Joys", his memoir of the horrors of public school, as well as discussions of Shakespeare, sleeping rough, boys' weeklies, and a spirited defence of English cooking. Opinionated, uncompromising, provocative, and hugely entertaining, all show Orwell's unique ability to get to the heart of any subject.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 368 pages
- Publisher Penguin
- Publication Date June 5th 2003
- First Publication 11/06/36
- Language English
- ISBN 9780141187396
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
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