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Modern Classics Shooting an Elephant

Paperback • 2009 • English

Modern Classics Shooting an Elephant

By George Orwell

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About the book

'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 ...Show more

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9780141187396

Publisher

National Geographic Books

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Modern Classics Shooting an Elephant

Format

Paperback

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