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Page 198
Did you not ask me to give the woman to the Mudalali ? ' No , ' said Babehami . ·
Did not the Mudalali call her to go to his house ? ' ' I know nothing of that . ' Weren
' t you angry when I married the woman ? ' ' No . ' Babun turned desperately to ...
Did you not ask me to give the woman to the Mudalali ? ' No , ' said Babehami . ·
Did not the Mudalali call her to go to his house ? ' ' I know nothing of that . ' Weren
' t you angry when I married the woman ? ' ' No . ' Babun turned desperately to ...
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It is true that the Mudalali will take your daughter . He is a good man ; and the
trouble came from Babun , as you say . ' That is it , Arachchi , that is it . Let the
Mudalali take Punchi Menika . My daughter cannot live with thieves now . She
will go ...
It is true that the Mudalali will take your daughter . He is a good man ; and the
trouble came from Babun , as you say . ' That is it , Arachchi , that is it . Let the
Mudalali take Punchi Menika . My daughter cannot live with thieves now . She
will go ...
Page 235
Hamadoru , ' he said , I have killed the Arachchi and the Mudalali . ' . The
Ratemahatmaya sat up . You ? What ? What do you mean ? Who are you ? ' I am
Silindu of Beddagama . The Arachchi brought a false case against me and my
son in ...
Hamadoru , ' he said , I have killed the Arachchi and the Mudalali . ' . The
Ratemahatmaya sat up . You ? What ? What do you mean ? Who are you ? ' I am
Silindu of Beddagama . The Arachchi brought a false case against me and my
son in ...
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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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