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The village in the jungle

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Oxford University Press, 1981 - Fiction - 179 pages
The evils of colonialism and the struggles of man against the universe and between man and nature are explored in Woolf's early-twentieth-century saga about Silindu and the inhabitants of the Ceylonese village of Beddagama

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Review: The Village in the Jungle

User Review  - Raisa - Goodreads

This book deserves more recognition than it's gotten. While it's seen as a classic in Sri Lanka, I don't know that it is elsewhere. This book, set mostly in Sri Lankan jungle, follows the inhabitants ... Read full review

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User Review  - Val - Goodreads

I knew Leonard Woolf wrote about political and colonial issues for the Fabian society, that he was generally acknowledged as the leader of the Bloomsbury group and I knew he was married to Virginia. I ... Read full review

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Section 2
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Section 3
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