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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 never ...
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 never ...
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 the
...
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 the
...
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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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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