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Page 111
At another time they saw a man, naked except for a dirty loin cloth, his long hair
hanging about his face, and a great halo of flowers and branches upon his head ;
thirty or forty great iron hooks had been put through the skin of his back ; to every
...
At another time they saw a man, naked except for a dirty loin cloth, his long hair
hanging about his face, and a great halo of flowers and branches upon his head ;
thirty or forty great iron hooks had been put through the skin of his back ; to every
...
Page 120
There has come into the holy man's mind another man, his face marked with
scars, and one-eyed. He is a vederala, very skilled in charms. You have not told
why the one-eyed man is angry, but the holy man knows because of his holiness
and ...
There has come into the holy man's mind another man, his face marked with
scars, and one-eyed. He is a vederala, very skilled in charms. You have not told
why the one-eyed man is angry, but the holy man knows because of his holiness
and ...
Page 273
There was no surprise or interest in his face, when he saw that it was Silindu. A
great change had come over him in the short time during which he had been in
prison. His skin, a sickly yellow colour, seemed to have shrunk with the flesh and
...
There was no surprise or interest in his face, when he saw that it was Silindu. A
great change had come over him in the short time during which he had been in
prison. His skin, a sickly yellow colour, seemed to have shrunk with the flesh 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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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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