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Page 9
Below the huts to the east of the village lay the tank , a large shallow depression
in the jungle . Where the depression was deepest the villagers had raised a long
narrow bund or mound of earth , so that when the rain fell the tank served as a ...
Below the huts to the east of the village lay the tank , a large shallow depression
in the jungle . Where the depression was deepest the villagers had raised a long
narrow bund or mound of earth , so that when the rain fell the tank served as a ...
Page 16
Unlike her brother she was always busy , sweeping the house and compound ,
fetching water from the tank , cooking , and attending to the children . Very soon
after she came to Silindu's house she began to talk and think of the children as ...
Unlike her brother she was always busy , sweeping the house and compound ,
fetching water from the tank , cooking , and attending to the children . Very soon
after she came to Silindu's house she began to talk and think of the children as ...
Page 135
The little puddle thick with mud in the tank , which supplied the village with water ,
dried up , and the women had to go daily four miles to fetch water from an
abandoned tank in the jungle . In November the chenas were still standing black
and ...
The little puddle thick with mud in the tank , which supplied the village with water ,
dried up , and the women had to go daily four miles to fetch water from an
abandoned tank in the jungle . In November the chenas were still standing black
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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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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