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Page 55
The woman is right , ' Babehami said angrily to Babun . You cannot bring this
woman to the house . ' " I will take no other woman . I have watched her there
about the compound . She is fair and gentle . She is unlike the other women of
this ...
The woman is right , ' Babehami said angrily to Babun . You cannot bring this
woman to the house . ' " I will take no other woman . I have watched her there
about the compound . She is fair and gentle . She is unlike the other women of
this ...
Page 170
A young 6 It is long ago and about a woman . man hot after a woman ! What use
is it ? Send for him and be friends . • The Mahatmaya is very good to us . ' I was
wrong , brother . I say it to you myself . I used shameful words to you . But that
was ...
A young 6 It is long ago and about a woman . man hot after a woman ! What use
is it ? Send for him and be friends . • The Mahatmaya is very good to us . ' I was
wrong , brother . I say it to you myself . I used shameful words to you . But that
was ...
Page 171
And what offer of the woman do you talk of ? ' • The woman came to the
Mahatmaya while you were away in the chena . She offered herself to him . The
Mahatmaya said to her , “ I cannot take you unless the man gives you . " Then he
came to ...
And what offer of the woman do you talk of ? ' • The woman came to the
Mahatmaya while you were away in the chena . She offered herself to him . The
Mahatmaya said to her , “ I cannot take you unless the man gives you . " Then he
came to ...
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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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