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Page 65
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 on her. She had
listened from the time when she first began to understand anything to the tales of
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 on her. She had
listened from the time when she first began to understand anything to the tales of
her ...
Page 84
Darkness began to settle over the jungle, and the life, which awakes only in its
darkness, began to stir. Voices mocked him from the canopy of leaves above him
; dim forms moved among the shadows of the trees. Suddenly a blind terror came
...
Darkness began to settle over the jungle, and the life, which awakes only in its
darkness, began to stir. Voices mocked him from the canopy of leaves above him
; dim forms moved among the shadows of the trees. Suddenly a blind terror came
...
Page 255
The inquiry began as soon as they reached the village. Silindu went with the
magistrate, the Ratemahatmaya, the Korala (who had been sent for), and most of
the men of the village to the place where the Arachchi had been shot. The body
lay ...
The inquiry began as soon as they reached the village. Silindu went with the
magistrate, the Ratemahatmaya, the Korala (who had been sent for), and most of
the men of the village to the place where the Arachchi had been shot. The body
lay ...
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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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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo Amara Devi anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm chena child cloth compound crop daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave leopard listen live looked magistrate Malay months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Appu Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko
Bibliographic information
| Title | The village in the jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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