Shooting an Elephant (Penguin Modern Classics)
byGeorge Orwell
'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.
Language
English
Published on
05/06/2003
Pages
368
ISBN
9780141187396
More books like “Shooting an Elephant (Penguin Modern Classics)”
If you enjoyed reading “Shooting an Elephant (Penguin Modern Classics)” by George Orwell, you may also like some of the following books.
![Book cover of A Clergyman's Daughter (Penguin Modern Classics)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/librarian.ai.covers/sm/9780141184654.jpg)
A Clergyman's Daughter (Penguin Modern Classics)
by George Orwell
![Book cover of Green Hills of Africa (Vintage Classics)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/librarian.ai.covers/sm/9780099460954.jpg)
Green Hills of Africa (Vintage Classics)
by Ernest Hemingway
![Book cover of The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories (Scribner Classics)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/librarian.ai.covers/sm/9780684862217.jpg)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories (Scribner Classics)
by Ernest Hemingway