Product Details
- Publisher : Penguin Classic (July 25 2023)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0241630096
- ISBN-13 : 9780241630099
- Item weight : 200 g
- Dimensions : 11.8 x 2 x 16.4 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.
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.
