Shooting an Elephant and other essays

Eric Arthur Blair, more commonly known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, whose work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism. Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction, and polemical journalism. He is best known for the allegorical novella 'Ani...