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Page 12
Silindu was a cousin of the wife of Babehami , the headman , who lived in the
adjoining compound . Babehami had been made a headman because he was
the only man in the village who could write his name . He was a very small man ,
and ...
Silindu was a cousin of the wife of Babehami , the headman , who lived in the
adjoining compound . Babehami had been made a headman because he was
the only man in the village who could write his name . He was a very small man ,
and ...
Page 32
And when the strangers had gone , the settlement with the headman began ; for
the headman , on a small scale , lent grain on the same terms in times of scarcity ,
or when seed was wanted to sow the chenas . In the end the villager carried but ...
And when the strangers had gone , the settlement with the headman began ; for
the headman , on a small scale , lent grain on the same terms in times of scarcity ,
or when seed was wanted to sow the chenas . In the end the villager carried but ...
Page 148
His first move was to try to learn something about the family from the headman . ...
By evil charms they had enticed Babun to their compound , and now they
boasted that he , the brother of the headman ' s wife , had married Punchi Menika
.
His first move was to try to learn something about the family from the headman . ...
By evil charms they had enticed Babun to their compound , and now they
boasted that he , the brother of the headman ' s wife , had married Punchi Menika
.
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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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