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Page 65
And as her life became different , she lost some of the wildness which had before
belonged to her . She began to lead a life more like the other village women .
She no longer went to , or worked in , the chena ; the jungle began to lose its hold
...
And as her life became different , she lost some of the wildness which had before
belonged to her . She began to lead a life more like the other village women .
She no longer went to , or worked in , the chena ; the jungle began to lose its hold
...
Page 130
became torrents , sweeping down old rotten trunks and great trees through the
jungle ; a mist of moisture rose from the parched earth , and hung grey upon the
face of the jungle . Suddenly the ground became green , and soon the grass
stood ...
became torrents , sweeping down old rotten trunks and great trees through the
jungle ; a mist of moisture rose from the parched earth , and hung grey upon the
face of the jungle . Suddenly the ground became green , and soon the grass
stood ...
Page 305
She became one of the beasts of the jungle , struggling perpetually for life
against hunger and thirst ; the ruined hut , through which the sun beat and the
rains washed , was only the lair to which she returned at night for shelter . Her
memories ...
She became one of the beasts of the jungle , struggling perpetually for life
against hunger and thirst ; the ruined hut , through which the sun beat and the
rains washed , was only the lair to which she returned at night for shelter . Her
memories ...
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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 | 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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