Shooting an Elephant and other essays
English essays
Autobiography
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Essays
Nonfiction
'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 o…
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