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Page 54
Babehami looked at his brother - in - law , his little eyes moving restlessly in
astonishment Nanchohami threw up her hands , and began in a voice which
shrilled and fluted and anger . with anger : Ohé ! So we are to take veddas into
the house ...
Babehami looked at his brother - in - law , his little eyes moving restlessly in
astonishment Nanchohami threw up her hands , and began in a voice which
shrilled and fluted and anger . with anger : Ohé ! So we are to take veddas into
the house ...
Page 189
The judge spoke to him in an angry voice . The interpreter replied in a soothing
deferential tone . The conversation being in English was unintelligible to Babun
and Silindu . Then the door of their cage was unlocked , and they were led out
and ...
The judge spoke to him in an angry voice . The interpreter replied in a soothing
deferential tone . The conversation being in English was unintelligible to Babun
and Silindu . Then the door of their cage was unlocked , and they were led out
and ...
Page 190
was hot , heavy , oppressive ; the voices of those who spoke seemed both to
themselves and to the others unreal in the stillness . ... The judge said something
to the interpreter , who asked them their names in an angry threatening voice .
was hot , heavy , oppressive ; the voices of those who spoke seemed both to
themselves and to the others unreal in the stillness . ... The judge said something
to the interpreter , who asked them their names in an angry threatening voice .
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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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