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Page 65
She began to lead a life more like the other village women . She no longer went
to , or worked in , the chena ; the jungle began to lose its hold on her . She had
listened from the time when she first began to understand anything to the tales of
...
She began to lead a life more like the other village women . She no longer went
to , or worked in , the chena ; the jungle began to lose its hold on her . She had
listened from the time when she first began to understand anything to the tales of
...
Page 84
Darkness began to settle over the jungle , and the life , which awakes only in its
darkness , began to stir . Voices mocked him from the canopy of leaves above
him ; dim forms moved among the shadows of the trees . Suddenly a blind terror ...
Darkness began to settle over the jungle , and the life , which awakes only in its
darkness , began to stir . Voices mocked him from the canopy of leaves above
him ; dim forms moved among the shadows of the trees . Suddenly a blind terror ...
Page 279
He began again He began again to repeat the stanza . He was taken out of the
court , handcuffed , and escorted back to his cell in the prison by five policemen
armed with rifles . He was to be hanged in two weeks ' time , and the days passed
...
He began again He began again to repeat the stanza . He was taken out of the
court , handcuffed , and escorted back to his cell in the prison by five policemen
armed with rifles . He was to be hanged in two weeks ' time , and the days passed
...
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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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