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Page 35
Accordingly , he took his gun and went in the evening to the nearest water - hole
to wait for deer . The first night he was unsuccessful : no deer came to drink ; but
on the second he shot a doe . He skinned the deer , cut it up , and carried the ...
Accordingly , he took his gun and went in the evening to the nearest water - hole
to wait for deer . The first night he was unsuccessful : no deer came to drink ; but
on the second he shot a doe . He skinned the deer , cut it up , and carried the ...
Page 89
It took a long time to make Silindu understand that there was hope for him . At first
he would not listen to their entreaties and exhortations . At last , when he was
prevailed upon to believe that it was Punchirala himself who had suggested the ...
It took a long time to make Silindu understand that there was hope for him . At first
he would not listen to their entreaties and exhortations . At last , when he was
prevailed upon to believe that it was Punchirala himself who had suggested the ...
Page 107
There the kapuralas , blindfolded , took the god , hidden by the cloth , from the
elephant , and carried him up the steps of the temple . Again , the pilgrims
shouted the god's name , and women pressed forward to touch the kapurala as
he ...
There the kapuralas , blindfolded , took the god , hidden by the cloth , from the
elephant , and carried him up the steps of the temple . Again , the pilgrims
shouted the god's name , and women pressed forward to touch the kapurala as
he ...
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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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