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Page 146
debtor : the permits would be given in favour of the debtors , who were to assign
their rights to Fernando for one - fifth of the crop . It was tacitly understood that if
the four - fifths of the crop . exceeded the amount of the loans and interest , the ...
debtor : the permits would be given in favour of the debtors , who were to assign
their rights to Fernando for one - fifth of the crop . It was tacitly understood that if
the four - fifths of the crop . exceeded the amount of the loans and interest , the ...
Page 149
Fernando sat down upon it . Babun squatted opposite to him , while Punchi
Menika stood behind , leaning against the doorpost . Well , Babun , ' said
Fernando , ' will the chena crop be good , do you think ? ' Who can say , aiya ,
who can say ?
Fernando sat down upon it . Babun squatted opposite to him , while Punchi
Menika stood behind , leaning against the doorpost . Well , Babun , ' said
Fernando , ' will the chena crop be good , do you think ? ' Who can say , aiya ,
who can say ?
Page 173
He stood near Fernando ; his forehead was wrinkled with perplexity . Surely the
story could not be true , and yet how could it be false ? Why should the
Mahatmaya and Babehami lie to him ? The simplicity of his character made him
always ...
He stood near Fernando ; his forehead was wrinkled with perplexity . Surely the
story could not be true , and yet how could it be false ? Why should the
Mahatmaya and Babehami lie to him ? The simplicity of his character made him
always ...
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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 | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202564, 9780701202569 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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