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Page 71
As time passed Silindu's family began again to enter into the ordinary village life .
It was natural , therefore , that the hesitation which the villager might have felt to
take a wife from the family died down before Babun's example . People who live ...
As time passed Silindu's family began again to enter into the ordinary village life .
It was natural , therefore , that the hesitation which the villager might have felt to
take a wife from the family died down before Babun's example . People who live ...
Page 122
The remainder of the festival passed slowly for them . They followed the perahera
dispirited , and called upon the god nightly . But there was no hope or even doubt
now to excite them . Silindu , listless , waited for his release ; Hinnihami was ...
The remainder of the festival passed slowly for them . They followed the perahera
dispirited , and called upon the god nightly . But there was no hope or even doubt
now to excite them . Silindu , listless , waited for his release ; Hinnihami was ...
Page 275
He was to be hanged in two weeks ' time , and the days passed for him
peacefully as the days had passed before the trial . He had no fear of the hanging
now . If he had any feeling towards it , it was one of expectancy , even hope .
Vaguely be ...
He was to be hanged in two weeks ' time , and the days passed for him
peacefully as the days had passed before the trial . He had no fear of the hanging
now . If he had any feeling towards it , it was one of expectancy , even hope .
Vaguely be ...
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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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