Shooting an Elephant
Author: Orwell, George
ISBN: 9780141187396
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 400
Dimensions: 195mm x 129mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A landmark collection of Orwell's writings, with a new Introduction by Jeremy Paxman
'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.
ISBN: 9780141187396
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 400
Dimensions: 195mm x 129mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A landmark collection of Orwell's writings, with a new Introduction by Jeremy Paxman
'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.
