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Page 35
And he was not an easy man to argue with : if he wanted a loan he would ,
unheeding of any excuse or refusal , hang about the headman's door for a whole
day . But if it were a case of repayment , he would sit staring over his creditor's
head ...
And he was not an easy man to argue with : if he wanted a loan he would ,
unheeding of any excuse or refusal , hang about the headman's door for a whole
day . But if it were a case of repayment , he would sit staring over his creditor's
head ...
Page 77
This man was called Tikiri Banda , and he wanted to marry the daughter of the
headman . The headman refused to give her , and Tikiri Banda being very angry
put a charm upon a devil which lived in a banian - tree . And the devil took a
snake ...
This man was called Tikiri Banda , and he wanted to marry the daughter of the
headman . The headman refused to give her , and Tikiri Banda being very angry
put a charm upon a devil which lived in a banian - tree . And the devil took a
snake ...
Page 148
His first move was to try to learn something about the family from the headman . ...
By evil charms they had enticed Babun to their compound , and now they
boasted that he , the brother of the headman's wife , had married Punchi Menika .
His first move was to try to learn something about the family from the headman . ...
By evil charms they had enticed Babun to their compound , and now they
boasted that he , the brother of the headman's wife , had married 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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