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Page 76
Next day they went back to the Korala's house , and told a tale how the Korala
Mahatmaya had got well on the way to my father's village , and so they had
returned at once . But the girl had seen the Korala Mahatmaya in the village , and
she ...
Next day they went back to the Korala's house , and told a tale how the Korala
Mahatmaya had got well on the way to my father's village , and so they had
returned at once . But the girl had seen the Korala Mahatmaya in the village , and
she ...
Page 225
Yes , Arachchi , but let us have done with it once for all . The thing is settled .
Appu cannot be left there . Come . ' Why , what do you want ? Don't you trust 6 me
? ' • Yes , I trust you — why not , Arachchi ?but I am afraid of Appu . If he is left
there ...
Yes , Arachchi , but let us have done with it once for all . The thing is settled .
Appu cannot be left there . Come . ' Why , what do you want ? Don't you trust 6 me
? ' • Yes , I trust you — why not , Arachchi ?but I am afraid of Appu . If he is left
there ...
Page 272
It was dark when they arrived , and Silindu was at once locked up in a cell . He
fell asleep , still repeating the Pali stanza . Silindu remained three weeks in the
prison . It seemed to him an immense building . It was a large and ancient Dutch
fort ...
It was dark when they arrived , and Silindu was at once locked up in a cell . He
fell asleep , still repeating the Pali stanza . Silindu remained three weeks in the
prison . It seemed to him an immense building . It was a large and ancient Dutch
fort ...
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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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