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Shooting an Elephant

By George Orwell
Series: Little Clothbound Classics
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Shooting an Elephant is a reflective essay by George Orwell, offering insights into the complexities of imperialism and personal ethics. Set in Burma, the narrative details Orwell's experience as a British police officer confronted with the task of handling an elephant causing havoc in a village. The story delves into themes of authority, moral conflict, and societal pressures, depicting colonial tensions and the impact of imperial rule on both the oppressor and the oppressed.
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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics — irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas, and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Today, George Orwell is perhaps most famous for his iconic novels — Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm — but in his own time, it was his remarkable nonfiction writing which drew most attention. Kind-hearted, intelligent, often funny, occasionally indignant, always insightful — his essays are some of the best ever written.

Among others, this selection includes Shooting an Elephant, Such, Such Were the Joys and Some Thoughts on the Common Toad.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241630099

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 119.0mm

Height: 169.0mm

Weight: 209g

Pages: 192

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir George Orwell History & Military Non-Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Little Clothbound Classics

About the Author

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

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