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  Shooting an Elephant: And Other Essays (Paperback) By (author) George Orwell, Introduction by Jeremy Paxman

  

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  Short Description for Shooting an ElephantPresents an account of the author's experience as a police officer in imperial Burma. This collection features the essays that 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, and boys' weeklies.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 05 June 2003
  • Format: Paperback 400 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Essays
  • ISBN 13: 9780141187396 ISBN 10: 0141187395
  • Sales rank: 45,191

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Full description for Shooting an Elephant

• "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.