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Page 69
But he often thought over the reckoning which he was determined one day to
have ; and it was Silindu and his family who , he made his mind , would feel it
most heavily . He was a man who never forgot what he considered a wrong done
him .
But he often thought over the reckoning which he was determined one day to
have ; and it was Silindu and his family who , he made his mind , would feel it
most heavily . He was a man who never forgot what he considered a wrong done
him .
Page 83
He felt that he was a doomed man , and his mind could think of nothing but the
impending evil . The baniantrees of the ruined village of Bogama obsessed his
mind : he knew that ruin waited for him there , and yet a horrible desire to see
them ...
He felt that he was a doomed man , and his mind could think of nothing but the
impending evil . The baniantrees of the ruined village of Bogama obsessed his
mind : he knew that ruin waited for him there , and yet a horrible desire to see
them ...
Page 284
The eyes were not blind , but they seemed to be sightless — the pupil , the iris ,
and even the white had merged --because the mind was dying . It is what usually
happens in the jungle - to women especially — the mind dies before the body .
The eyes were not blind , but they seemed to be sightless — the pupil , the iris ,
and even the white had merged --because the mind was dying . It is what usually
happens in the jungle - to women especially — the mind dies before the body .
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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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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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