Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell

Shooting an Elephant

George Orwell

28 pages first pub 1950 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy dark reflective medium-paced
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Shooting an Elephant George Orwell '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'. T...

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