Shooting an Elephant – George Orwell
Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell / ISBN 9780241630099 / 192-page hardback from Penguin
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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Today, George Orwell is perhaps most famous for his iconic novels – Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm – but in his own time it was his remarkable nonfiction writing which drew most attention. Kind-hearted, intelligent, often funny, occasionally indignant, always insightful: his essays are some of the best ever written. Among others, this selection includes ‘Shooting an Elephant’, ‘Such, Such Were the Joys’ and ‘Some Thoughts on the Common Toad’.