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 elephant in front of a crowd, solely to avoid looking like a fool.
Go to description and details| Publisher | Penguin |
| Pages | 48 |
| Language | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-0-241-51500-6 |
'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 elephant in front of a crowd, solely to avoid looking like a fool.
| Publisher | Penguin |
| Pages | 48 |
| Language | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-0-241-51500-6 |
| Cover | Мягкий переплёт |
| Paper | Офсет |
| Illustrations | Без иллюстраций |
| Dimensions | 110 × 2 × 180 mm |
| Weight, g | 28 |
