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Page 211
I cannot go to prison , Hamadoru ! It is all lies , it is lies that he has said . He is angry with me . I have not done this . I swear on the Beragama temple I have not done this . I cannot go to prison .
I cannot go to prison , Hamadoru ! It is all lies , it is lies that he has said . He is angry with me . I have not done this . I swear on the Beragama temple I have not done this . I cannot go to prison .
Page 272
They reached the prison at Tangalla late in the evening . 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 .
They reached the prison at Tangalla late in the evening . 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 .
Page 292
If you want to hear anything you must go to the prison . It will take you many days — first to Kamburupitiya , and then west along the great road , three days to Tangalla , where the prison is . You must ask at the prison .
If you want to hear anything you must go to the prison . It will take you many days — first to Kamburupitiya , and then west along the great road , three days to Tangalla , where the prison is . You must ask at the prison .
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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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