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Page 4
The trees are stunted and twisted by the drought , by the thin and sandy soil , by
the dry wind . They are scabrous , thorny trees , with whitened by the clouds of
dust which the wind perpetually sweeps over them : their trunks are grey with ...
The trees are stunted and twisted by the drought , by the thin and sandy soil , by
the dry wind . They are scabrous , thorny trees , with whitened by the clouds of
dust which the wind perpetually sweeps over them : their trunks are grey with ...
Page 78
Where the nuga - trees ' now stand in the jungle to the south ? The last house
was abandoned when I was a boy , but the devil still dances beneath the nuga -
trees . ' Yes , it was Bogama . It was a village like this in my father's time , and in ...
Where the nuga - trees ' now stand in the jungle to the south ? The last house
was abandoned when I was a boy , but the devil still dances beneath the nuga -
trees . ' Yes , it was Bogama . It was a village like this in my father's time , and in ...
Page 84
Voices mocked him from the canopy of leaves above him ; dim forms moved
among the shadows of the trees . Suddenly a blind terror came upon him , and he
began to run through the dense jungle . The boughs of the trees lashed him as
he ...
Voices mocked him from the canopy of leaves above him ; dim forms moved
among the shadows of the trees . Suddenly a blind terror came upon him , and he
began to run through the dense jungle . The boughs of the trees lashed him 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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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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