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Page 179
I have been to the Kachcheri to lay a complaint before the Agent Hamadoru . The
Agent Hamadoru is away on circuit . I cannot learn where he is or when he
returns . " “ Ohé ! a complaint ? Those dogs of peons ! Every one knows where
the ...
I have been to the Kachcheri to lay a complaint before the Agent Hamadoru . The
Agent Hamadoru is away on circuit . I cannot learn where he is or when he
returns . " “ Ohé ! a complaint ? Those dogs of peons ! Every one knows where
the ...
Page 205
I understand , Hamadoru , ” said Silindu . But he thought , “ They are cunning
hunters . They lie still in the undergrowth , waiting for the old bull to move . But he
knows : he stands quite still . ” " Is there any reason why the headman should
bring ...
I understand , Hamadoru , ” said Silindu . But he thought , “ They are cunning
hunters . They lie still in the undergrowth , waiting for the old bull to move . But he
knows : he stands quite still . ” " Is there any reason why the headman should
bring ...
Page 239
Silindu did not quite understand , but he felt vaguely encouraged by the white
Hamadoru . He had spoken Sinhalese to him ; he had not spoken in an angry
voice , and he was the same Hamadoru who had told him to clear out of the court
...
Silindu did not quite understand , but he felt vaguely encouraged by the white
Hamadoru . He had spoken Sinhalese to him ; he had not spoken in an angry
voice , and he was the same Hamadoru who had told him to clear out of the court
...
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User Review - kaitanya64 - LibraryThingSet in colonial Ceylon, this novel is vivid and readable. While the author clearly illustrates a particular culture and time, that of a rural family in the "dry" forest area, where life is ... Read full review
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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0883867052, 9780883867051 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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