Shooting an Elephant (1936)

Re:Shooting an Elephant (1936) by rsj_hn on Monday November 08, 2021 @11:46PM (#29157851)

Posted this as Orwell is one of my favorite essayists (along with Gore Vidal). It's rare to see a free work like this, and it's a great essay.

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Re:Shooting an Elephant (1936) by ejensler on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @01:54AM (#29158557)

Thanks for the reminder, I haven't read this in years! It's the first piece of writing of his that opened my eyes beyond 1984. If people are looking for other mildly humorous but still serious in the same vein, I would recommend "Down and Out in Paris and London."

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Re:Shooting an Elephant (1936) by rsj_hn on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @06:43PM (#29169087)

Down and Out is my favorite book. His essays were so much better than his fiction, IMO.

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Re:Shooting an Elephant (1936) by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @09:25AM (#29162122)

His novel Burmese Days is similarly based on his experiences of this time.

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