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Isn't that true?” “It's true, aiya.' 'And what can I do, a town man, with all these
chenas 2 I ought to have a gambaraya.” 'Yes, you want a gambaraya.' “So I
thought, and I thought too, “This Babun is the only man in the village, why
shouldn't he be ...
Isn't that true?” “It's true, aiya.' 'And what can I do, a town man, with all these
chenas 2 I ought to have a gambaraya.” 'Yes, you want a gambaraya.' “So I
thought, and I thought too, “This Babun is the only man in the village, why
shouldn't he be ...
Page 252
Her first terror when she had been told of what her father had done had given
place to bewilderment, but when she saw him in charge of the police sergeant
she ran to him with a cry: “Is it true, Appochchi; is it true, what they say ?' 'What do
...
Her first terror when she had been told of what her father had done had given
place to bewilderment, but when she saw him in charge of the police sergeant
she ran to him with a cry: “Is it true, Appochchi; is it true, what they say ?' 'What do
...
Page 254
It was true when they said that I was a useless man in the village. To creep
through the leaves like a jackal ; yes, I can do that ; but what else 2 Isn't the bad
crop in the chena rightly called Silindu's crop. There was never food in my house.
It was true when they said that I was a useless man in the village. To creep
through the leaves like a jackal ; yes, I can do that ; but what else 2 Isn't the bad
crop in the chena rightly called Silindu's crop. There was never food in my house.
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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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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo Amara Devi anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm child cloth Colombo compound daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave leopard listen live looked magistrate Malay months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Appu Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble vedda vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko
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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