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Page 14
not afraid of any animal in the jungle , no , not even of the bear or of the solitary
elephant ( whom all of you really fear ) , but I am afraid of the jungle . But though
he feared it , he loved it in a strange , unconscious way , in the same unconscious
...
not afraid of any animal in the jungle , no , not even of the bear or of the solitary
elephant ( whom all of you really fear ) , but I am afraid of the jungle . But though
he feared it , he loved it in a strange , unconscious way , in the same unconscious
...
Page 162
Leonard Woolf. What is it , then ? The women of Colombo and Kamburupitiya
have not found me foul . Are you afraid ? ' Yes , aiya , I am afraid . ' Afraid of what
? What harm can come ? Who need know ? And what can Babun do ? He is a
fool .
Leonard Woolf. What is it , then ? The women of Colombo and Kamburupitiya
have not found me foul . Are you afraid ? ' Yes , aiya , I am afraid . ' Afraid of what
? What harm can come ? Who need know ? And what can Babun do ? He is a
fool .
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He is afraid , very afraid — and in pain . But the pain brings anger , and with
anger , anger , Arachchi , comes cunning . And now , Arachchi , now comes the
game , the dangerous game . The young men laugh at it , but the wise hunter
would ...
He is afraid , very afraid — and in pain . But the pain brings anger , and with
anger , anger , Arachchi , comes cunning . And now , Arachchi , now comes the
game , the dangerous game . The young men laugh at it , but the wise hunter
would ...
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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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