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Page 14
But though he feared it, he loved it in a strange, unconscious way, in the same
unconscious way in which the wild buffalo loves the wallow, and the leopard his
lair among the rocks. Silent, inert, and sullen he worked in the chena or squatted
...
But though he feared it, he loved it in a strange, unconscious way, in the same
unconscious way in which the wild buffalo loves the wallow, and the leopard his
lair among the rocks. Silent, inert, and sullen he worked in the chena or squatted
...
Page 232
They came down from the north, so it was said, flying to the sanctuary of the
uninhabited jungle where they lay hidden for years; they lived alone in caves and
in trees, eating leaves and wild fruit and honey, and the birds and animals which
...
They came down from the north, so it was said, flying to the sanctuary of the
uninhabited jungle where they lay hidden for years; they lived alone in caves and
in trees, eating leaves and wild fruit and honey, and the birds and animals which
...
Page 289
She had to search the jungle for edible leaves and wild fruit and roots, like the
wild onions which the pig feed upon. When the chena season came she worked
in the others' chenas, Balappu's and Bastian Appu's, and even Punchirala's.
She had to search the jungle for edible leaves and wild fruit and roots, like the
wild onions which the pig feed upon. When the chena season came she worked
in the others' chenas, Balappu's and Bastian Appu's, and even Punchirala's.
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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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