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Page 88
His power is over the jungle , and the devils who live in it . The devils of the trees
obey him , for his anger is terrible . If a devil has entered a man , and is harming
him , and taking his life from him , the man should make a vow to the god , so my
...
His power is over the jungle , and the devils who live in it . The devils of the trees
obey him , for his anger is terrible . If a devil has entered a man , and is harming
him , and taking his life from him , the man should make a vow to the god , so my
...
Page 120
At last the sanyasi stopped , and the interpreter addressed them : •The holy man
says thus : it is true that a devil of the jungle has entered the man . This devil is of
great power . Why has this happened ? The man is a foolish man . There has ...
At last the sanyasi stopped , and the interpreter addressed them : •The holy man
says thus : it is true that a devil of the jungle has entered the man . This devil is of
great power . Why has this happened ? The man is a foolish man . There has ...
Page 138
Do not she - devils give birth to devils ? Do village women suckle deer ? Surely it
is a devil , born of a devil . Look at the evil that fell upon the village when it came .
The crops withered , and the old and the young died . It has brought us want ...
Do not she - devils give birth to devils ? Do village women suckle deer ? Surely it
is a devil , born of a devil . Look at the evil that fell upon the village when it came .
The crops withered , and the old and the young died . It has brought us want ...
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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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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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