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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
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 Government
was going to make advances of seed, and at last one day the Korala Mahatmaya
...
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 Government
was going to make advances of seed, and at last one day the Korala Mahatmaya
...
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 my
...
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 my
...
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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 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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