Shooting an Elephant

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''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 ele...

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''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 ele...

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  • Formats: epub
  • ISBN: 9780241515013
  • Publication Date: 7 Jan 2021
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM