Modern Classics Shooting an Elephant
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Penguin Modern Classics
ISBN-10
0141187395
ISBN-13
9780141187396
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 5th, 2003
Print length
400 Pages
Weight
292 grams
Dimensions
19.60 x 12.90 x 0.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary essaysEssays
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An account of author's experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. This title features essays 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, and more.
''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.
A collection of witty and incisive non-fiction, George Orwell''s Shooting an Elephant includes an introduction by Jeremy Paxman in Penguin Modern Classics.
A collection of witty and incisive non-fiction, George Orwell''s Shooting an Elephant includes an introduction by Jeremy Paxman in Penguin Modern Classics.
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