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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
Then looking at Silindu intently he began to speak very volubly. Silindu watched
him, fascinated. 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 ...
Then looking at Silindu intently he began to speak very volubly. Silindu watched
him, fascinated. 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 ...
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 and ...
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 and ...
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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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