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| Title | : | Shooting an Elephant |
| Author | : | George Orwell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | June 5th 2003 by Penguin (first published 1936) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Classics. Short Stories. Writing. Essays. Politics |
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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 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.Itemize Books To Shooting an Elephant
| Original Title: | Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays |
| ISBN: | 0141187395 (ISBN13: 9780141187396) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 7504 Users | 306 ReviewsWrite Up Out Of Books Shooting an Elephant
This is a collection of Orwell's essays which have been written on a wide range of topics like his days in Myanmar(previously known as Burma), his school days in Sussex , Charles Dickens ,Mahatma Gandhi, English literature to boy's magazines etc.Few like 'Charles Dickens' are too long and boring,some are amusing like 'The Spike' but none of them lose their 'Orwellian flavour'.Orwell's works in general were way ahead of his time.The book is an example of the fact Orwell was a great visionary asHe does not want to kill the elephant but he is a British police officer in his country's colony Burma and two thousand (he must be exaggerating) yellow-faced Burmese are watching, expecting him to kill the beast who had gone on a rampage, killing a cow, destroying crops and houses and causing the death of a native. Yet it is now calm, peacefully eating grass, and its owner may soon arrive and bring him home.The rulers, however, have masks to wear and a reputation to protect. They cannot afford
Just wonderful essays and to be revisited many times...
First Orwell story I've read, and it was excellent. 👌
An old Penguin edition of "Shooting an Elephant"."Shooting an Elephant" is an essay by George Orwell, first published in the literary magazine New Writing in the autumn of 1936. The hunter caught in the hunted's eye. The essay describes the experience of the English narrator, possibly Orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in Burma (now Myanmar). Even the elephants mahout has gone looking for it but he somehow seems to be on a wild-goose
The end of the Empire came when those who had previously given up their arms and all their wealth to he-who-wears-a-pith-helmet and burns-in-the-sun realised that Jack was not only as good as his master, but his master was a total dickhead anyway. And it was past due time he went home to colder climes and the fat queen who wore a golden crown studded with jewels stolen from their lands. This story is about one of the sunburned crew realising that yeah, he is a dickhead and reflecting on the
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