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Page 6
They come down driven by their thirst , very silently through the deep shadows of
the trees to the water lying white under the moon . They glide like ... And behind
the herd comes the leopard , slinking through the undergrowth . Whom has he to
...
They come down driven by their thirst , very silently through the deep shadows of
the trees to the water lying white under the moon . They glide like ... And behind
the herd comes the leopard , slinking through the undergrowth . Whom has he to
...
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I told you that the place is evil , and evil comes from it . They lie in the ... They sit
in the trees among the grey monkeys and laugh at me as I pass in the morning :
they howl at me among the jackals as I come back in the evening . They take all ...
I told you that the place is evil , and evil comes from it . They lie in the ... They sit
in the trees among the grey monkeys and laugh at me as I pass in the morning :
they howl at me among the jackals as I come back in the evening . They take all ...
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Leonard Woolf. Fernando Mudalali , Hamadoru . He comes from Kamburupitiya ;
he is a trader , he lends money in the village . ' What ' s he doing in the village
now ? ' ' He has come to collect debts . ' When did he come ? ' * About a week
ago ...
Leonard Woolf. Fernando Mudalali , Hamadoru . He comes from Kamburupitiya ;
he is a trader , he lends money in the village . ' What ' s he doing in the village
now ? ' ' He has come to collect debts . ' When did he come ? ' * About a week
ago ...
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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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