Shooting an elephant and other essays /
Orwell, George
Shooting an elephant and other essays / George Orwell. - London : Penguin Classics, 1968. - 375 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm.
'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.
9780141187396 (pbk.)
English Essays
824 / ORW/S
Shooting an elephant and other essays / George Orwell. - London : Penguin Classics, 1968. - 375 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm.
'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.
9780141187396 (pbk.)
English Essays
824 / ORW/S