Shooting an Elephant (Penguin Modern Classics)
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9780141912288
Publish date: June 4th 2009
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 404
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Read For School,
Politics,
Short Stories
Why has it taken me so long to discover George Orwell's non-fiction? Ever since reading "1984" when I was a teenager I've known Orwell was an excellent writer, but I didn't know just how extensive a range he had. Fiction, journalism, literary criticism, political and social commentary, memoir; there...
This was my introduction to George Orwell's non-fiction. Supposedly during his lifetime, Orwell was known foremost as an essayist; this was quite surprising to me as it was only a couple of years ago that I'd ever even heard mention of Orwell writing non-fiction. This collection of essays really imp...
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 by Jeremy Paxman, George Orwell, now listed on BookLikes)