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Page 65
After Karlinahami intervened , he became silent : there was nothing for him to do
or to say which could help him : it was only one more of the evils which inevitably
came upon him . ... The silence of the jungle settled down upon the compound .
After Karlinahami intervened , he became silent : there was nothing for him to do
or to say which could help him : it was only one more of the evils which inevitably
came upon him . ... The silence of the jungle settled down upon the compound .
Page 69
She watched in silence the new house being put up , and she watched in silence
Punchi Menika leave the old hut for the new . She felt as if she were losing
something ; that her sister was going away from her , and that her life had greatly
...
She watched in silence the new house being put up , and she watched in silence
Punchi Menika leave the old hut for the new . She felt as if she were losing
something ; that her sister was going away from her , and that her life had greatly
...
Page 223
Babehami was silent . He disliked being hurried . On the ... For the first
threequarters of a mile they walked in silence , except for a word or two which the
headman shouted back to Silindu without turning his head . Silindu had fallen
somewhat ...
Babehami was silent . He disliked being hurried . On the ... For the first
threequarters of a mile they walked in silence , except for a word or two which the
headman shouted back to Silindu without turning his head . Silindu had fallen
somewhat ...
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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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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave listened live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain returned rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tank tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
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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