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Page 131
They were almost always together, and the fearlessness which she had shown
towards Punchirala, and which seemed to have changed her suddenly from a
child into a woman, inspired him. The fear of evil overhanging him no longer ...
They were almost always together, and the fearlessness which she had shown
towards Punchirala, and which seemed to have changed her suddenly from a
child into a woman, inspired him. The fear of evil overhanging him no longer ...
Page 132
On the morning following the evening on which the child was born, Silindu came
back from the jungle carrying in his arms a fawn newly dropped by its mother. He
went straight to Hinnihami, who lay in the hut nursing the child, and kneeling ...
On the morning following the evening on which the child was born, Silindu came
back from the jungle carrying in his arms a fawn newly dropped by its mother. He
went straight to Hinnihami, who lay in the hut nursing the child, and kneeling ...
Page 137
The death of the child is what every mother must continually expect. They had
seen it too long in the village to be surprised at their own suffering : the birth of
children every year and then the coming of the fever to carry them off. Their grief
was ...
The death of the child is what every mother must continually expect. They had
seen it too long in the village to be surprised at their own suffering : the birth of
children every year and then the coming of the fever to carry them off. Their grief
was ...
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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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