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Page 2
There are people who will tell you that they have no fear of the jungle , that they
know it as well as the streets of Maha Nuwara or their own compounds . Such
people are either liars and boasters , or they are fools , without understanding or
...
There are people who will tell you that they have no fear of the jungle , that they
know it as well as the streets of Maha Nuwara or their own compounds . Such
people are either liars and boasters , or they are fools , without understanding or
...
Page 6
And behind the fear is always the hunger and the thirst , and behind the hunger
and the thirst fear again . The herd of deer must come down to drink at the water -
hole . They come down driven by their thirst , very silently through the deep ...
And behind the fear is always the hunger and the thirst , and behind the hunger
and the thirst fear again . The herd of deer must come down to drink at the water -
hole . They come down driven by their thirst , very silently through the deep ...
Page 11
And just as in the jungle fear and hunger for ever crouch , slink , and peer with
every beast , so hunger and the fear of hunger always lay upon the village . It was
only for a few months each year after the crop was reaped that the villagers knew
...
And just as in the jungle fear and hunger for ever crouch , slink , and peer with
every beast , so hunger and the fear of hunger always lay upon the village . It was
only for a few months each year after the crop was reaped that the villagers knew
...
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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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