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Shooting an Elephant

George Orwell

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This is an alternate cover edition of Shooting an Elephant.

"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.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 368 pages

Publication:: 2003

Publisher:: Penguin

Edition:: Penguin Modern Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0141187395

ISBN13:: 9780141187396

kindle Asin:: B003K16PO6

Shooting an Elephant

George Orwell

4.07/5 (9896 ratings)

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This is an alternate cover edition of Shooting an Elephant.

"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.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 368 pages

Publication:: 2003

Publisher:: Penguin

Edition:: Penguin Modern Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0141187395

ISBN13:: 9780141187396

kindle Asin:: B003K16PO6

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