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Page 34
Application for one had to be made through him ; it was he who reported if a
clearing had been made without one , or if a man , having been given one ,
cleared more jungle than it allowed him to clear . Every one in the village knew
well that ...
Application for one had to be made through him ; it was he who reported if a
clearing had been made without one , or if a man , having been given one ,
cleared more jungle than it allowed him to clear . Every one in the village knew
well that ...
Page 148
Fernando was not greatly impressed by their reputation for working harmóby
magic ' ; as became a townman , he was somewhat sceptical ; but what was clear
to him was that the headman hated the whole family ; they would get in no ...
Fernando was not greatly impressed by their reputation for working harmóby
magic ' ; as became a townman , he was somewhat sceptical ; but what was clear
to him was that the headman hated the whole family ; they would get in no ...
Page 222
Well , I was thinking , you know , now that Babun is over there for six months , I
heard the judge Hamadoru say that clearly , but to me he said merely , “ Clear out
” - I was never a friend of that Babun - all the trouble has come from him he took ...
Well , I was thinking , you know , now that Babun is over there for six months , I
heard the judge Hamadoru say that clearly , but to me he said merely , “ Clear out
” - I was never a friend of that Babun - all the trouble has come from him he took ...
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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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