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Shooting an Elephant

essay by George Orwell
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Shooting an Elephant

Summary

Shooting an Elephant is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shooting an Elephant authored George Orwell[3].
  • Shooting an Elephant's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Shooting an Elephant's composer is recorded as Greg Kuehn[5].
  • Shooting an Elephant's genre is essay[6].
  • Shooting an Elephant's depicts is recorded as killing[7].
  • Shooting an Elephant's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Shooting an Elephant's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Shooting an Elephant was released on +1936-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Shooting an Elephant's narrative location is recorded as British rule in Myanmar[11].
  • Shooting an Elephant's published in is recorded as Shooting an Elephant[12].
  • Shooting an Elephant's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shooting an Elephant'}[13].

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Authorship and Creation

Shooting an Elephant authored George Orwell[3].

Publication

Shooting an Elephant was published on +1936-00-00T00:00:00Z[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is essay[6].

Why It Matters

Shooting an Elephant ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

George Orwell literary work United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Shooting an Elephant. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shooting-an-elephant
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  1. 10d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in → Shooting an Elephant
    Publication date → +1936-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → literary work
    Aliases → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:شوٹنگ این ایلیفنٹ]]"
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