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'It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism - the real motives for which despotic governments act' 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, solely to avoid looking like a fool.
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Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell
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- 2023
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- Title
- Shooting an Elephant
- Language
- English
- Authors
- George Orwell
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN10
- 0241630096
- ISBN13
- 9780241630099
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, True Stories, Politics, Opinion Journalism & Essays, School, England, Myanmar, British Empire
- Original title
- The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- 'It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism - the real motives for which despotic governments act' 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, solely to avoid looking like a fool.