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Page 103
The one at the north end belonged to the Beragama deviyo : the temple or dewala itself was a small , squat , oblong ... among a litter of broken furniture and odds and ends , lounged and squatted and slept a large number of pilgrims .
The one at the north end belonged to the Beragama deviyo : the temple or dewala itself was a small , squat , oblong ... among a litter of broken furniture and odds and ends , lounged and squatted and slept a large number of pilgrims .
Page 111
They pushed through the crowd , and going down a narrow opening between two boutiques found themselves in the strip of quiet forest upon the bank of the river . The vederala squatted down under a tree and ...
They pushed through the crowd , and going down a narrow opening between two boutiques found themselves in the strip of quiet forest upon the bank of the river . The vederala squatted down under a tree and ...
Page 118
Most of the people squatted down , and , though they could not hear a word of what followed , they watched in hope of some exciting development . Babun and Silindu squatted down in front of the sanyasi .
Most of the people squatted down , and , though they could not hear a word of what followed , they watched in hope of some exciting development . Babun and Silindu squatted down in front of the sanyasi .
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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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