Shooting an Elephant and other essays by George Orwell

Shooting an Elephant and other essays

George Orwell

299 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

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"Shooting an Elephant" is an essay by English writer George Orwell, first published in the literary magazine New Writing in late 1936 and broadcast by the BBC Home Service on 12 October 1948. These essays were written during the period 1931-1949. ...

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