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Page 138
Do not she - devils give birth to devils ? Do village women suckle deer ? Surely it
is a devil , born of a devil . Look at the evil that fell upon the village when it came .
The crops withered , and the old and the young died . It has brought us want ...
Do not she - devils give birth to devils ? Do village women suckle deer ? Surely it
is a devil , born of a devil . Look at the evil that fell upon the village when it came .
The crops withered , and the old and the young died . It has brought us want ...
Page 241
He need not stand , ' he said to the Ratemahatmaya . He looks damned tired ,
poor devil . You can take a chair yourself , Ratemahatmaya . God ! This is a nice
time to bring me work , and you seem to've brought me a miserablelooking
wretch .
He need not stand , ' he said to the Ratemahatmaya . He looks damned tired ,
poor devil . You can take a chair yourself , Ratemahatmaya . God ! This is a nice
time to bring me work , and you seem to've brought me a miserablelooking
wretch .
Page 301
Her death had brought no difference into Punchi Menika's life , except that now
she had to find food for herself alone . The years had brought more evil , death ,
and decay upon the village . Of the five houses which stood when Punchi Menika
...
Her death had brought no difference into Punchi Menika's life , except that now
she had to find food for herself alone . The years had brought more evil , death ,
and decay upon the village . Of the five houses which stood when Punchi Menika
...
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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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