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Page 15
Below the huts to the east of the village lay the tank , a large shallow depression
in the jungle . Where the depression was deepest the villagers had raised a long
narrow bund or mound of earth , so that when the rain fell the tank served as a ...
Below the huts to the east of the village lay the tank , a large shallow depression
in the jungle . Where the depression was deepest the villagers had raised a long
narrow bund or mound of earth , so that when the rain fell the tank served as a ...
Page 130
A great chena crop was assured . The more energetic began to talk of rice
cultivation , now that the tank was full , and to regret the want of seed paddy .
Then a rumour spread that the Gove ernment was going to make advances of
seed , and ...
A great chena crop was assured . The more energetic began to talk of rice
cultivation , now that the tank was full , and to regret the want of seed paddy .
Then a rumour spread that the Gove ernment was going to make advances of
seed , and ...
Page 151
Then they built the great tank in the jungle , and people went there from all the
villages of the west - poor men living in villages like this . Now it is a town , and all
are rich there , and eating rice . ” “ Yes , aiya , we know that . The tank was built in
...
Then they built the great tank in the jungle , and people went there from all the
villages of the west - poor men living in villages like this . Now it is a town , and all
are rich there , and eating rice . ” “ Yes , aiya , we know that . The tank was built in
...
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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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