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Page 65
He sat on under the mustard - tree , staring at the outline of the trees against the
starlit sky . The silence of the jungle settled down upon the compound . Punchi
Menika brought him his food . She tried to comfort him , to get him to come into
the ...
He sat on under the mustard - tree , staring at the outline of the trees against the
starlit sky . The silence of the jungle settled down upon the compound . Punchi
Menika brought him his food . She tried to comfort him , to get him to come into
the ...
Page 138
The crops withered , and the old and the young died . It has brought us want and
disease and death . " The village soon came to believe in Punchirala's opinions .
Small children were hurried away out of sight of Hinnihami as she passed .
The crops withered , and the old and the young died . It has brought us want and
disease and death . " The village soon came to believe in Punchirala's opinions .
Small children were hurried away out of sight of Hinnihami as she passed .
Page 148
They were dangerous people ; they had brought misfortune and death into the
village . Fernando was not greatly impressed by their reputation for working harm
" by magic ” ; as became a townman , he was somewhat sceptical ; but what was
...
They were dangerous people ; they had brought misfortune and death into the
village . Fernando was not greatly impressed by their reputation for working harm
" by magic ” ; as became a townman , he was somewhat sceptical ; but what was
...
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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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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave listened live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain returned rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tank tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
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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