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Page 28
ing he was well : then Silindu cast the evil eye upon him as he passed our door ,
and in the evening he was dead . They wither our chil . dren that their own may
thrive . ' You lie , ' said Karlinahami , roused for the moment by this abuse ; ' you ...
ing he was well : then Silindu cast the evil eye upon him as he passed our door ,
and in the evening he was dead . They wither our chil . dren that their own may
thrive . ' You lie , ' said Karlinahami , roused for the moment by this abuse ; ' you ...
Page 138
An evil woman , an evil woman . I have some knowledge of charms and magic . I
took her to my house to live with me . But did I keep her ? I drove her away very
soon . I did not want the evil eye and a worker of evil to bring misfortune on my ...
An evil woman , an evil woman . I have some knowledge of charms and magic . I
took her to my house to live with me . But did I keep her ? I drove her away very
soon . I did not want the evil eye and a worker of evil to bring misfortune on my ...
Page 269
Always evil there . No peace , no rest - it was rest I wanted . It is true , father , I
have seen it , it is the punishment for their sins . And always evil for me too , there
; hunger always and trouble always . You should have shown me this path of
yours ...
Always evil there . No peace , no rest - it was rest I wanted . It is true , father , I
have seen it , it is the punishment for their sins . And always evil for me too , there
; hunger always and trouble always . You should have shown me this path of
yours ...
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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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