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Page 170
I do not understand that . ' • The woman has offered to go and live with the Mahatmaya and cook his meals for him . So the Mahatmaya says , “ Very well , I will take her to live with me while I am here .
I do not understand that . ' • The woman has offered to go and live with the Mahatmaya and cook his meals for him . So the Mahatmaya says , “ Very well , I will take her to live with me while I am here .
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I do not understand , ' he said at last . ' I do not understand this . The woman went to the Mahatmaya ? Offered herself ? Aiya , that cannot be so . Surely she would be afraid ? Yet you yourself say it's true .
I do not understand , ' he said at last . ' I do not understand this . The woman went to the Mahatmaya ? Offered herself ? Aiya , that cannot be so . Surely she would be afraid ? Yet you yourself say it's true .
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Do you understand , fellow ? ' said the latter . I don't understand , Hamadoru . ' · Explain to him , jailer . ' * You are not going to be hanged , d'you understand that ? You'll be kept in prison instead - twenty years .
Do you understand , fellow ? ' said the latter . I don't understand , Hamadoru . ' · Explain to him , jailer . ' * You are not going to be hanged , d'you understand that ? You'll be kept in prison instead - twenty years .
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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 dark 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 prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu slowly speak 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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