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Page 56
His sons and daughters are married now in that village , and have children . They
are ... Yes , ” said Nanchohami , " it would be a good thing for you to go to
Kotegoda and take a woman from there , a daughter of my man's brother . She
would ...
His sons and daughters are married now in that village , and have children . They
are ... Yes , ” said Nanchohami , " it would be a good thing for you to go to
Kotegoda and take a woman from there , a daughter of my man's brother . She
would ...
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daughter said , ' I will do as you think best , Appochchi . ' Do you understand now
, Arachchi ? ” Silindu stopped . The Arachchi had been watching him narrowly .
He began to understand the drift of Silindu's incoherent words . But he still felt ...
daughter said , ' I will do as you think best , Appochchi . ' Do you understand now
, Arachchi ? ” Silindu stopped . The Arachchi had been watching him narrowly .
He began to understand the drift of Silindu's incoherent words . But he still felt ...
Page 297
In one had lived Balappu with his wife and sister , and his two children ; in the
other Bastian Appu with his two sons , a daughter , a daughter - in - law , and a
grandchild . They had tried to help Punchi Menika by letting her work in their
chenas ...
In one had lived Balappu with his wife and sister , and his two children ; in the
other Bastian Appu with his two sons , a daughter , a daughter - in - law , and a
grandchild . They had tried to help Punchi Menika by letting her work in their
chenas ...
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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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