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Page 15
When the women told Silindu that his wife was delivered of two girls , he rushed
into the hut and began to beat his wife on the head and breasts as she lay on the
mat , crying , Vesi ! vesi mau ! Where is the son who is to carry my gun into the ...
When the women told Silindu that his wife was delivered of two girls , he rushed
into the hut and began to beat his wife on the head and breasts as she lay on the
mat , crying , Vesi ! vesi mau ! Where is the son who is to carry my gun into the ...
Page 57
He walked slowly over to Silindu's hut . He found Silindu squatting under a
ragged mustard - tree which stood in the compound , and he squatted down by
his side . He did not like Silindu ; , he had always an uncomfortable feeling in the
...
He walked slowly over to Silindu's hut . He found Silindu squatting under a
ragged mustard - tree which stood in the compound , and he squatted down by
his side . He did not like Silindu ; , he had always an uncomfortable feeling in the
...
Page 240
When Silindu entered the room with the Ratemahatmaya , the magistrate was
lying in a long chair reading a book . He got up and went over to sit down at the
writing - table . He was the white Hamadoru , whom Silindu had seen before in
the ...
When Silindu entered the room with the Ratemahatmaya , the magistrate was
lying in a long chair reading a book . He got up and went over to sit down at the
writing - table . He was the white Hamadoru , whom Silindu had seen before in
the ...
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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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