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Punchi Menika walked slowly on down the track . The blood in her veins moved strangely , stirred by the stirring life around her . The trumpet call of the sambur blared through the jungle , a terrific cry of desire .
Punchi Menika walked slowly on down the track . The blood in her veins moved strangely , stirred by the stirring life around her . The trumpet call of the sambur blared through the jungle , a terrific cry of desire .
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Punchirala walked away . The others watched him in silence . When he got to the fence of the compound , he turned round and smiled at them again . * And don't forget , ' he called out , ' to tell the girl about the Malay girl who came ...
Punchirala walked away . The others watched him in silence . When he got to the fence of the compound , he turned round and smiled at them again . * And don't forget , ' he called out , ' to tell the girl about the Malay girl who came ...
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He walked slowly , following instinctively the tangled winding tracks . His lassitude and fatigue increased . He reached Kamburupitiya in the evening of the third day , and asked his way to the Ratemahatmaya's house .
He walked slowly , following instinctively the tangled winding tracks . His lassitude and fatigue increased . He reached Kamburupitiya in the evening of the third day , and asked his way to the Ratemahatmaya's house .
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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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