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Page 81
Am I to ask the girl then when I want a wife ? Can the father not give his child ?
So the child is angry , and the father obeys ! Ohél strange customs spring up !
You are a fool , Silindu . If you tell the child to obey , there is no more to be said .
Am I to ask the girl then when I want a wife ? Can the father not give his child ?
So the child is angry , and the father obeys ! Ohél strange customs spring up !
You are a fool , Silindu . If you tell the child to obey , there is no more to be said .
Page 160
Aiya , aiya , do not speak like that . He spoke shameful words . I cannot tell you
what he said . ” “ Nonsense . You have beaten my servant and you must tell me
why , or I must go to the headman . ” " Aiyo , why force me to tell what is shameful
?
Aiya , aiya , do not speak like that . He spoke shameful words . I cannot tell you
what he said . ” “ Nonsense . You have beaten my servant and you must tell me
why , or I must go to the headman . ” " Aiyo , why force me to tell what is shameful
?
Page 294
Aiya , how can I tell his name ? ” " What was his name , fool ? ” “ They called him
Babun . " “ What was he convicted for ? " " It was a false case . They said he had
robbed the Arachchi . ” " Oh , that man , yes . The Arachchi was killed afterwards ...
Aiya , how can I tell his name ? ” " What was his name , fool ? ” “ They called him
Babun . " “ What was he convicted for ? " " It was a false case . They said he had
robbed the Arachchi . ” " Oh , that man , yes . The Arachchi was killed afterwards ...
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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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