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Occasionally one came upon traces of villages which had died out completely :
the stump of some palm tree by the side of a mound where a hut had stood , and
near it , if you searched , a depression in the ground which had once been the ...
Occasionally one came upon traces of villages which had died out completely :
the stump of some palm tree by the side of a mound where a hut had stood , and
near it , if you searched , a depression in the ground which had once been the ...
Page 74
... it no longer : so he lay down in his house , and sent a message to my father to
say that he was very ill , and that he should come to him at once . Then my father
went three days ' journey to the Korala's house ; and , when he 74 THE VILLAGE
...
... it no longer : so he lay down in his house , and sent a message to my father to
say that he was very ill , and that he should come to him at once . Then my father
went three days ' journey to the Korala's house ; and , when he 74 THE VILLAGE
...
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met out there once , also in the jungle . It is of great power : before I could only
see what was doing in this country ; but now , by its help , I can see over the sea ,
to the white Mahatmaya's country . Then they say : this is a mad old man .
met out there once , also in the jungle . It is of great power : before I could only
see what was doing in this country ; but now , by its help , I can see over the sea ,
to the white Mahatmaya's country . Then they say : this is a mad old man .
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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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