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Page 250
The rest , which the magistrate had promised him , seemed however to be still far
off ; for early next morning he was taken out of his cell and made to start off with
the police sergeant for Beddagama . The magistrate , riding on a horse , and the
...
The rest , which the magistrate had promised him , seemed however to be still far
off ; for early next morning he was taken out of his cell and made to start off with
the police sergeant for Beddagama . The magistrate , riding on a horse , and the
...
Page 255
Silindu went with the magistrate , the Ratemahatmaya , the Korala ( who had
been sent for ) , and most of the men of the village to the place where the
Arachchi had been shot . The body lay where it had fallen ; a rough canopy of
boughs and ...
Silindu went with the magistrate , the Ratemahatmaya , the Korala ( who had
been sent for ) , and most of the men of the village to the place where the
Arachchi had been shot . The body lay where it had fallen ; a rough canopy of
boughs and ...
Page 256
The magistrate walked back slowly to the village , followed by Silindu and the
headman and such of the spectators as were more interested in the inquiry than
in the postmortem . The same procedure of inspection was gone through with ...
The magistrate walked back slowly to the village , followed by Silindu and the
headman and such of the spectators as were more interested in the inquiry than
in the postmortem . The same procedure of inspection was gone through with ...
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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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