Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell

Shooting an Elephant

George Orwell

19 minutes first pub 1946 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics philosophy dark reflective medium-paced
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In the sweltering, stifling heart of colonial Burma, a young British officer is drawn into a situation he never wanted—and cannot escape. Before him stands a crowd of expectant onlookers, and in his hands, a weapon he does not wish to use. The dec...

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