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Page 57
Nanchohami threw up her hands , and began in a voice which shrilled and fluted
with anger : “ Ohé ! So we are to take veddas into the house , and I am to call a
pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a ...
Nanchohami threw up her hands , and began in a voice which shrilled and fluted
with anger : “ Ohé ! So we are to take veddas into the house , and I am to call a
pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a ...
Page 165
Fernando moved nearer to Babehami and lowered his voice . “ Ralahami , I must
live here some months . Without a woman what comfort in a house ? The woman
is not illlooking and could cook my meals for me . I had thought of this for some ...
Fernando moved nearer to Babehami and lowered his voice . “ Ralahami , I must
live here some months . Without a woman what comfort in a house ? The woman
is not illlooking and could cook my meals for me . I had thought of this for some ...
Page 224
As he went on his voice began to get shriller and shriller ; it trembled with anger
and fear and passion . " I am afraid of everything , Arachchi ; the jungle , the
devils , the darkness . But , above all , of being hunted . Have you ever been
hunted ...
As he went on his voice began to get shriller and shriller ; it trembled with anger
and fear and passion . " I am afraid of everything , Arachchi ; the jungle , the
devils , the darkness . But , above all , of being hunted . Have you ever been
hunted ...
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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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