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400 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141912288
Format: Digital
Language: English
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'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 co...
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400 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141912288
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
'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 co...