01034pam a2200217 a 4500 11201 IN-BhIIT 20251209160735.0 840406t19841950cau 000 0 eng 9780141187396 (pbk.) IN-BhIIT eng 824 ORW/S Orwell, George Author 2892 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. English Essays 26436 GEN 1 14863 14863 0 0 ddc 0 0 GEN CLIITBBS CLIITBBS 2025-02-21 32 337.50 1 824 ORW/S 11201 2025-12-11 11:34:59 2025-12-09 450.00 2025-02-21 GEN