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Shooting an Elephant

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This is an alternate cover edition of Shooting an Elephant."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.

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Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell

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Jaar van publicatie
2009
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Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Penguin UK
Jaar van publicatie
2009
Formaat
Paperback
Aantal pagina's
368
ISBN10
0141187395
ISBN13
9780141187396
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Oorspronkelijke titel
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell
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This is an alternate cover edition of Shooting an Elephant."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.