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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.
| Why I write | p. 1 |
| The spike | p. 11 |
| A hanging | p. 23 |
| Shooting an elephant | p. 31 |
| Bookshop memories | p. 41 |
| Charles Dickens | p. 49 |
| Boys' weeklies | p. 115 |
| My country right or left | p. 149 |
| Looking back on the Spanish war | p. 157 |
| In defence of English cooking | p. 185 |
| Good bad books | p. 189 |
| The sporting spirit | p. 195 |
| Nonsense poetry | p. 201 |
| The prevention of literature | p. 207 |
| Books v. cigarettes | p. 227 |
| Decline of the English murder | p. 233 |
| Some thoughts on the common toad | p. 239 |
| Confessions of a book reviewer | p. 245 |
| Politics v. literature : an examination of Gulliver's travels | p. 251 |
| How the poor die | p. 277 |
| Such, such were the joys | p. 291 |
| Reflections on Gandhi | p. 347 |
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ISBN: 9780141187396
ISBN-10: 0141187395
Series: Orwell Centenary Edition Ser.
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 400
Published: 11th August 2003
Dimensions (cm): 19.2 x 12.8
x 2.3
Weight (kg): 0.281
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