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Page 91
It was the hottest time of the year , when the jungle is withered with drought , the
grass has died down , the earth is caked and cracked with heat ; the trees along
the paths and road are white with dust . The pools had dried up , and the little ...
It was the hottest time of the year , when the jungle is withered with drought , the
grass has died down , the earth is caked and cracked with heat ; the trees along
the paths and road are white with dust . The pools had dried up , and the little ...
Page 155
... you what is false ? Did I not live twenty years there in Colombo ? It is a great
town . In the morning I went and walked on the stone road that has been built into
the sea , and within is the harbour , full always of great ships bigger than villages
.
... you what is false ? Did I not live twenty years there in Colombo ? It is a great
town . In the morning I went and walked on the stone road that has been built into
the sea , and within is the harbour , full always of great ships bigger than villages
.
Page 253
Then he was handed over to a fiscal's peon , handcuffs on him and started with
him along the dusty main road which ran towards the west . They who put walked
slowly along the road for two days . The THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE 253.
Then he was handed over to a fiscal's peon , handcuffs on him and started with
him along the dusty main road which ran towards the west . They who put walked
slowly along the road for two days . The THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE 253.
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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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