Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays - Hardcover

Orwell, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151820430 ISBN 13: 9780151820436

Publisher: Harcourt, 1984

Synopsis

Selected essays reveal Orwell's satirical views on social and political issues

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From the Back Cover:

With a new Introduction by Jeremy Paxman

'A writer who is still vividly contemporary ... Orwell told the truth' Christopher Hitchens

'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.

About the Author:

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0151820430
• ISBN 13: 9780151820436
• Binding: Hardcover