{"product_id":"shooting-an-elephant-george-orwell-9780241630099","title":"Shooting an Elephant (George Orwell)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, George Orwell is perhaps most famous for his iconic novels - \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e - 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'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, \u003cb\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/b\u003e, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four \u003c\/i\u003e(1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include \u003ci\u003eBurmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 192 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65864252129629,"sku":"K096140735","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9614073500001A.jpg?v=1788913224","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/shooting-an-elephant-george-orwell-9780241630099","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}