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Page 47
6 the doe became uneasy , lifted her head , and looked intently at the bush
behind which Punchi Menika crouched . She approached the bush slowly ,
stamping the ground angrily from time to time , and uttering the sharp shrill call of
alarm .
6 the doe became uneasy , lifted her head , and looked intently at the bush
behind which Punchi Menika crouched . She approached the bush slowly ,
stamping the ground angrily from time to time , and uttering the sharp shrill call of
alarm .
Page 62
He assured Silindu that he had no intention of taking Punchi Menika out of the
compound . Punchi Menika , still crouching at his feet , told her father that she
would never leave him . It was eventually arranged that for the present Babun
should ...
He assured Silindu that he had no intention of taking Punchi Menika out of the
compound . Punchi Menika , still crouching at his feet , told her father that she
would never leave him . It was eventually arranged that for the present Babun
should ...
Page 66
There had always been considerable difference in character between Hinnihami
and Punchi Menika . There was very little of her sister's gentleness in Hinnihami .
There was , added to the strangeness and wildness which she derived from ...
There had always been considerable difference in character between Hinnihami
and Punchi Menika . There was very little of her sister's gentleness in Hinnihami .
There was , added to the strangeness and wildness which she derived from ...
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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 comes 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 Kamburupitiya Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave lies listen live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk 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 |
| Publisher | Hansa, 1972 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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