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I will take you there on a moonless night , and you will make the charm there . And if the next night the girl comes to me , I will give you £ 5 . " 1 Then my father thought , “ If I refuse the Korala Mahatmaya , he will be angry ...
I will take you there on a moonless night , and you will make the charm there . And if the next night the girl comes to me , I will give you £ 5 . " 1 Then my father thought , “ If I refuse the Korala Mahatmaya , he will be angry ...
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Then I came down from the rock and stood by her and said , “ Mother , the daughter at home this night bore a child . I will take this one too to her , and she will give it the breast . ” Then she stretched out her head , and she cried ...
Then I came down from the rock and stood by her and said , “ Mother , the daughter at home this night bore a child . I will take this one too to her , and she will give it the breast . ” Then she stretched out her head , and she cried ...
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Was not the woman herself in travail that very night ? Do not she - devils give birth to devils ? Do village women suckle deer ? Surely it is a devil , born of a devil . Look at the evil that fell upon the village when it came .
Was not the woman herself in travail that very night ? Do not she - devils give birth to devils ? Do village women suckle deer ? Surely it is a devil , born of a devil . Look at the evil that fell upon the village when it came .
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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 dark 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 prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu slowly speak 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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