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Page 67
But when Babun took Punchi Menika to live with him in the hut which he had built
, she felt an instinctive dislike towards him , a feeling that she was being robbed
of something . Her father and her sister were everything to her : for she had ...
But when Babun took Punchi Menika to live with him in the hut which he had built
, she felt an instinctive dislike towards him , a feeling that she was being robbed
of something . Her father and her sister were everything to her : for she had ...
Page 109
But Hinnihami felt the power of the god in her and over them all : she felt how
near he was to them , mysteriously hidden beneath the great cloth which lay
upon the elephant ' s back . She felt again the awe which great trees in darkness
and ...
But Hinnihami felt the power of the god in her and over them all : she felt how
near he was to them , mysteriously hidden beneath the great cloth which lay
upon the elephant ' s back . She felt again the awe which great trees in darkness
and ...
Page 137
The misery he had felt at losing Punchi Menika came upon him again . It was his
own fault : he was a fool to tempt the evil powers that stood around him eager for
their opportunity . After their first wild outburst of grief , Punchi Menika and ...
The misery he had felt at losing Punchi Menika came upon him again . It was his
own fault : he was a fool to tempt the evil powers that stood around him eager for
their opportunity . After their first wild outburst of grief , Punchi Menika 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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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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