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Shooting an elephant and other essays

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Shooting an Elephantis Orwell's searing 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 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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Keywords

  • Autobiography
  • Essays
  • Nonfiction
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Contributors: George Orwell,
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 1984
ISBN: 9780151820436
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Contributors: George Orwell,
Publisher: ePenguin
Published: 2003-06-01
ISBN: 9780141187396
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Title: Shooting Elephant Ed Black
Contributors: Orwell,
Published: 1975
ISBN: 9780521209762
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