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Shooting an Elephant: And Other Essays

By George Orwell

Book information

Publisher
Penguin
Year
2009
ISBN
9780141912288
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
763 kB (781777 bytes)
Edition
New Ed
Pages
\0
Time added
2022-09-20 05:59:28

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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