Tempo di lettura stimato:
6h 24m
Genere: Autobiografici,
Editore: Penguin Classics
Anno: 2023
Lingua: Inglese
Rilegatura: Rigida
Pagine: 192 Pagine
Isbn 10: 0241630096
Isbn 13: 9781131296159
Trama
"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.
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