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Shooting an Elephant

'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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 48
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-241-51500-6
  • EAN
  • 9780241515006
  • Release date
  • 2021