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Page 47
Fear nothing , sister , ' she said , ' there is no leopard crouching for you . Fight on ,
brothers , for the prize is fair . ' Punchi Menika walked slowly on down the track .
The blood in her veins moved strangely , stirred by the stirring life around her .
Fear nothing , sister , ' she said , ' there is no leopard crouching for you . Fight on ,
brothers , for the prize is fair . ' Punchi Menika walked slowly on down the track .
The blood in her veins moved strangely , stirred by the stirring life around her .
Page 81
Silindu's face worked with excitement . Ask anything else of me , vederala not do
this , I cannot do this . ' Punchirala walked away . The others watched him in
silence . When he got to the fence of the compound , he turned round and smiled
at ...
Silindu's face worked with excitement . Ask anything else of me , vederala not do
this , I cannot do this . ' Punchirala walked away . The others watched him in
silence . When he got to the fence of the compound , he turned round and smiled
at ...
Page 234
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 . When Silindu
reached ...
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 . When Silindu
reached ...
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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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