The Village in the JungleSidelined by Leonard Woolf's involvement in politics after he left the Civil Service, overshadowed by Virginia Woolf's continuous and brilliant achievement as a novelist, The Village in the Jungle (1913) fell from notice in Britain until, by the time its author died in 1969, it was almost forgotten. In Sri Lanka and southeast Asia, however, scholars recognize this classic novel as part of a distinguished literary line extending from Kipling through Conrad and Forster, to Paul Scott and Ruth Jhabvala. The value to scholarship of Professor Yasmine Gooneratne's edition is enhanced by perceptive comparisons, now made for the first time, of the novel's various editions with Woolf's original manuscript. Highlighting substantial amendments made by the author prior to publication, she shows in detailed notes how they reflect his passion for accuracy, his wish to maintain objectivity while writing of another culture, and his humane sympathy for the people among whom he had worked for seven years as a civil servant in Sri Lanka. explained, Sinhala words glossed, the novel's themes related to the politics of colonialism, and the entire work brought within the ambit of the 21st century. |
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Page 10
... buffalo . The twenty years ' jail sentence that rewards him for the slaughter of his tormentors dooms him to a domestication that to him is a death in life ; he becomes the human equivalent of the village buffalo that may be seen ...
... buffalo . The twenty years ' jail sentence that rewards him for the slaughter of his tormentors dooms him to a domestication that to him is a death in life ; he becomes the human equivalent of the village buffalo that may be seen ...
Page 186
... buffalo . Three times , four times that night in the hut when I saw it first I got up to get my gun and end it . And again , after the court , I would have done it , had I had a gun . But I thought - no , not yet , for once we must act ...
... buffalo . Three times , four times that night in the hut when I saw it first I got up to get my gun and end it . And again , after the court , I would have done it , had I had a gun . But I thought - no , not yet , for once we must act ...
Page 191
... buffalo : I have seen that – here - - on this very track - before it many years ago . The buffalo is stupid , isn't he , little Arachchi ? was cleared Very stupid ; he does not see - he does not hear - - he goes on wallowing in his mud ...
... buffalo : I have seen that – here - - on this very track - before it many years ago . The buffalo is stupid , isn't he , little Arachchi ? was cleared Very stupid ; he does not see - he does not hear - - he goes on wallowing in his mud ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo anger angry Appochchi Appu Arachchi Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha Buddhist buffalo called Ceylon Ceylon Civil Service Chapter charm chena child compound crop daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes father fawn fear felt Fernando fool girl Hambantota hang headman heard Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami Kataragama killing knew Korala Mahatmaya kurakkan kurunies laughed leaves Leonard Woolf listened live looked magistrate manuscript months Mudalali Nanchohami never night novel passage path peon pilgrims Potana prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi seemed silence Silindu Sinhala Sinhalese squatted Sri Lanka stood story strange talk Tamil tank tell temple thing thought told took track trees understand veddas vederala village Virginia Woolf walked watched wife wild woman women words yakko