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trouble and his fear drove him ; and he did the three days ' journey in two . On the
morning of the third day , hours before the office opened , he was standing ,
haggard and frightened , on the Kachcheri verandah , waiting to fall at the feet of
the ...
trouble and his fear drove him ; and he did the three days ' journey in two . On the
morning of the third day , hours before the office opened , he was standing ,
haggard and frightened , on the Kachcheri verandah , waiting to fall at the feet of
the ...
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Let us have an end of all this trouble . " “ Yes , Arachchi , that is why I have come
to you . I want an end of all this trouble . Do you hear that ? An end now - to - day
— of trouble . Trouble , trouble , for years . We must end it to - day . Do you hear ...
Let us have an end of all this trouble . " “ Yes , Arachchi , that is why I have come
to you . I want an end of all this trouble . Do you hear that ? An end now - to - day
— of trouble . Trouble , trouble , for years . We must end it to - day . Do you hear ...
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... child , round about - nothing to trouble you now . And in a month or two he will
come back ; he is a good man , Babun , and there will be no evil then — now that
the Arachchi is dead and the Mudalali . There will be quiet for you then , and rest
...
... child , round about - nothing to trouble you now . And in a month or two he will
come back ; he is a good man , Babun , and there will be no evil then — now that
the Arachchi is dead and the Mudalali . There will be quiet for you then , and rest
...
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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 |
| ISBN | 0883867052, 9780883867051 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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