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even a pinch of salt . Three days now I have eaten nothing but jungle leaves .
There is no milk in my breasts for the child . ” Then I get foul words and blows . “
Does the rain come in August ? " he says . " Can I make the kurakkan flower in
July ?
even a pinch of salt . Three days now I have eaten nothing but jungle leaves .
There is no milk in my breasts for the child . ” Then I get foul words and blows . “
Does the rain come in August ? " he says . " Can I make the kurakkan flower in
July ?
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They are rich : it is a good village : rain falls there , and there are cocoanut lands ,
and paddy grows . The village spreads and prospers , and the headman is a rich
man . They say that tax is paid upon sixty men every year . It would be a good ...
They are rich : it is a good village : rain falls there , and there are cocoanut lands ,
and paddy grows . The village spreads and prospers , and the headman is a rich
man . They say that tax is paid upon sixty men every year . It would be a good ...
Page 135
The great wind from the south - west failed at last , but even then the rain did not
come , and the withering heat lay still and heavy over the jungle . The little puddle
thick with mud in the tank , which supplied the village with water , dried up , and ...
The great wind from the south - west failed at last , but even then the rain did not
come , and the withering heat lay still and heavy over the jungle . The little puddle
thick with mud in the tank , which supplied the village with water , dried up , and ...
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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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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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