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Page 188
The peon nudged Babun and Silindu , and told them to stand up . Then they saw
a white Hamadoru , an English' their cage . room man , appear on the daïs and sit
down . 188 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
The peon nudged Babun and Silindu , and told them to stand up . Then they saw
a white Hamadoru , an English' their cage . room man , appear on the daïs and sit
down . 188 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
Page 236
The Ratemahatmaya told him to stand by Silindu . The Ratemahatmaya drew in a
deep breath of relief . The beating of his heart became quieter . Now , yakko ! he
said in a sharp angry tone , ' stand up . ' Silindu did not move ; he looked up at ...
The Ratemahatmaya told him to stand by Silindu . The Ratemahatmaya drew in a
deep breath of relief . The beating of his heart became quieter . Now , yakko ! he
said in a sharp angry tone , ' stand up . ' Silindu did not move ; he looked up at ...
Page 238
The sudden appearance of Silindu with this strange story out of the darkness had
upset him . He was very annoyed when Silindu again sank down into a squatting
position . ' Stand up , fellow , ' he said . “ Stand ' Stand up . Didn't you hear me ...
The sudden appearance of Silindu with this strange story out of the darkness had
upset him . He was very annoyed when Silindu again sank down into a squatting
position . ' Stand up , fellow , ' he said . “ Stand ' Stand up . Didn't you hear me ...
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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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