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Page 86
He has covered his head with his cloth, and he will neither eat nor speak. Life is
slipping from him.' ' The doctor Mahatmaya will say it is the fever. He will give you
a bottle of fever mixture — free of charge. A clever man, the doctor Mahatmaya.
He has covered his head with his cloth, and he will neither eat nor speak. Life is
slipping from him.' ' The doctor Mahatmaya will say it is the fever. He will give you
a bottle of fever mixture — free of charge. A clever man, the doctor Mahatmaya.
Page 108
The tears came into her eyes and ran down her cheeks as time after time the roll
of the many voices surged about her ; and when at last the great moment came,
and the kapurala appeared carrying the god under the black cloth, and over the ...
The tears came into her eyes and ran down her cheeks as time after time the roll
of the many voices surged about her ; and when at last the great moment came,
and the kapurala appeared carrying the god under the black cloth, and over the ...
Page 145
He wore the ordinary native cloth, but above it a shirt and coat, and the villagers
therefore called him Mahatmaya. It was obvious that some very peculiar
circumstances had brought such a man to settle down in a village like
Beddagama.
He wore the ordinary native cloth, but above it a shirt and coat, and the villagers
therefore called him Mahatmaya. It was obvious that some very peculiar
circumstances had brought such a man to settle down in a village like
Beddagama.
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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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