Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell

Shooting an Elephant

George Orwell

32 pages paperback 1950

19 editions

nonfiction classics philosophy dark reflective medium-paced
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Shooting an Elephant was the first piece of writing by George Orwell to be published by Penguin, in 1940. It is a searing and honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma: killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd, ...

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