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Page 151
But it is a great evil to live in a strange place and among strangers . " Fernando
laughed . “ An evil you call it ! But how many have got wealth and fortune by
going to strange places ! Have you not heard of Maha Potana ? Many years ago
it was ...
But it is a great evil to live in a strange place and among strangers . " Fernando
laughed . “ An evil you call it ! But how many have got wealth and fortune by
going to strange places ! Have you not heard of Maha Potana ? Many years ago
it was ...
Page 258
Strange men , and they do strange things . Thieving , stabbing , killing , cultivating
paddy . I do not cultivate paddy , nor do I thieve or kill . I am mad perhaps . But
very often it is they who seem to me to want but a little to be mad . All this doing ...
Strange men , and they do strange things . Thieving , stabbing , killing , cultivating
paddy . I do not cultivate paddy , nor do I thieve or kill . I am mad perhaps . But
very often it is they who seem to me to want but a little to be mad . All this doing ...
Page 298
bered Babun's words to the Mudalali , " Surely it is a more bitter thing to die in a
strange place . ” It might be a still bitterer thing to live in a strange place . She was
alone in the world ; the only thing left to her was the compound and the jungle ...
bered Babun's words to the Mudalali , " Surely it is a more bitter thing to die in a
strange place . ” It might be a still bitterer thing to live in a strange place . She was
alone in the world ; the only thing left to her was the compound and the jungle ...
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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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