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Page 80
She was very frightened and angry . ' For a moment Punchirala was disconcerted
that his rebuff was known . But anger came to his rescue . " Am I to ask the girl
then when I want a wife ? Can the father not give his child ? So the child is angry
...
She was very frightened and angry . ' For a moment Punchirala was disconcerted
that his rebuff was known . But anger came to his rescue . " Am I to ask the girl
then when I want a wife ? Can the father not give his child ? So the child is angry
...
Page 196
Leonard Woolf. How can I have witnesses ? No one will give evidence against
the headman . ' Any reason for a false charge ? ' asked the judge . Hamadoru ,
the headman is on very bad terms with me ; he is angry with me because of my
wife ...
Leonard Woolf. How can I have witnesses ? No one will give evidence against
the headman . ' Any reason for a false charge ? ' asked the judge . Hamadoru ,
the headman is on very bad terms with me ; he is angry with me because of my
wife ...
Page 228
But the pain brings anger , and with anger , anger , Arachchi , comes cunning .
And now , Arachchi , now comes the game , the ... For the other was cunning now
, cunning , and very angry . And when the hunter had gone on a little just where ...
But the pain brings anger , and with anger , anger , Arachchi , comes cunning .
And now , Arachchi , now comes the game , the ... For the other was cunning now
, cunning , and very angry . And when the hunter had gone on a little just where ...
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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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