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Page 86
You should take your brother there . It is only three days ' journey . ' • Vederala !
my brother lies in the hut dying . He has covered his head with his cloth , and he
will neither eat nor speak . Life is slipping from him . ' The doctor Mahatmaya will
...
You should take your brother there . It is only three days ' journey . ' • Vederala !
my brother lies in the hut dying . He has covered his head with his cloth , and he
will neither eat nor speak . Life is slipping from him . ' The doctor Mahatmaya will
...
Page 101
She covered her head with a cloth and lay down on the bare ground . For the first
time the bareness and fear and wildness of life had fallen from her ; she fell
asleep in the peace of well - being , and the merit which she had acquired .
She covered her head with a cloth and lay down on the bare ground . For the first
time the bareness and fear and wildness of life had fallen from her ; she fell
asleep in the peace of well - being , and the merit which she had acquired .
Page 106
On each of the fourteen nights of his festival the kapuralas entered his shrine ,
and covering the god in a great black cloth , so that no one should 1 There are
two distinct races in Ceylon , Tamils and Sinhalese . Their language , customs ,
and ...
On each of the fourteen nights of his festival the kapuralas entered his shrine ,
and covering the god in a great black cloth , so that no one should 1 There are
two distinct races in Ceylon , Tamils and Sinhalese . Their language , customs ,
and ...
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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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