# Shooting an Elephant

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- Book: [Shooting an Elephant](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-orwell/shooting-an-elephant) ([Shooting an Elephant.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-orwell/shooting-an-elephant.md))
- Authors: [George Orwell](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-orwell)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4163-009-9
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

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'.