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It would be a good thing for you to take a wife from there , for she would bring you
a dowry . ' · Yes , ' said Nanchohami , “ it would be a good thing for you to go to
Kotegoda and take a woman from there , a daughter of my man's brother .
It would be a good thing for you to take a wife from there , for she would bring you
a dowry . ' · Yes , ' said Nanchohami , “ it would be a good thing for you to go to
Kotegoda and take a woman from there , a daughter of my man's brother .
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1 a wife , and now I will bring this girl into the compound . ” But they were very
angry , for they want to marry me to a woman of Kotegoda , because of the land
which she would bring as dowry . To - night they abused me , and there was a ...
1 a wife , and now I will bring this girl into the compound . ” But they were very
angry , for they want to marry me to a woman of Kotegoda , because of the land
which she would bring as dowry . To - night they abused me , and there was a ...
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They were trying to bring evil upon me and my daughter . The Mudalali wanted
the girl . They were still trying to bring evil on me , so I said , “ Enough . ” I took the
gun and I went out with the Arachchi over there to the chena , and I shot him ...
They were trying to bring evil upon me and my daughter . The Mudalali wanted
the girl . They were still trying to bring evil on me , so I said , “ Enough . ” I took the
gun and I went out with the Arachchi over there to the chena , and I shot him ...
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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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