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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.
In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.
| ISBN: | 9780241515006 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Pub date: | 07 Jan 2021 |
| DEWEY: | 824.912 |
| DEWEY edition: | 23 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 48 |
| Weight: | 33g |
| Height: | 185mm |
| Width: | 115mm |
| Spine width: | 9mm |
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