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Page 32
I have seen it with these eyes . The lot of the childless woman is a hard one . See
how my little one of eight years helps me ! ” " Nanchohami , your tongue is still as
sharp as chillies . Punchi Menika has gone with my brother , and Hinnihami is ...
I have seen it with these eyes . The lot of the childless woman is a hard one . See
how my little one of eight years helps me ! ” " Nanchohami , your tongue is still as
sharp as chillies . Punchi Menika has gone with my brother , and Hinnihami is ...
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The elephant , they say ; but that I have never seen . But the buffalo : I have seen
that — here on this very track - before it was cleared - many years ago . The
buffalo is stupid , isn't he , little Arachchi ? Very stupid 224 THE VILLAGE IN THE
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The elephant , they say ; but that I have never seen . But the buffalo : I have seen
that — here on this very track - before it was cleared - many years ago . The
buffalo is stupid , isn't he , little Arachchi ? Very stupid 224 THE VILLAGE IN THE
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Page 253
One told how he had seen Silindu and the Arachchi leave the village , Silindu
walking behind and carrying a gun ; another had heard a shot from the direction
of the chena ; another had seen Silindu return by himself to the village carrying a
...
One told how he had seen Silindu and the Arachchi leave the village , Silindu
walking behind and carrying a gun ; another had heard a shot from the direction
of the chena ; another had seen Silindu return by himself to the village carrying a
...
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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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