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They , like Silindu , never had fever , and even in the days of greatest scarcity Karlinahami had seen that they got food . Karlinahami was far more careful to wash them than most mothers are : she used to quote the saying , • Dirt is ...
They , like Silindu , never had fever , and even in the days of greatest scarcity Karlinahami had seen that they got food . Karlinahami was far more careful to wash them than most mothers are : she used to quote the saying , • Dirt is ...
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As Karlinahami and Hinnihami were making their way slowly through the crowd , they suddenly heard a soft voice behind them say : " Well , mother , has not the hospital cured your brother of his fever ? ' They turned and saw the smiling ...
As Karlinahami and Hinnihami were making their way slowly through the crowd , they suddenly heard a soft voice behind them say : " Well , mother , has not the hospital cured your brother of his fever ? ' They turned and saw the smiling ...
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There was scarcely food in the house for her and Karlinahami to exist in semi - starvation through those six months . Yet the future loomed somehow upon her , filling her with a horrible sense of uneasiness , uncertainty .
There was scarcely food in the house for her and Karlinahami to exist in semi - starvation through those six months . Yet the future loomed somehow upon her , filling her with a horrible sense of uneasiness , uncertainty .
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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 |
| Publisher | Hansa, 1972 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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