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Page 212
Will they kill him ? Babun is all right . I have told him . The Government do not kill .
There is no killing here . But in the jungle , always killing — the leopard and
jackal , and the hunter . Yes , and the hunter , always killing , the blood of deer
and ...
Will they kill him ? Babun is all right . I have told him . The Government do not kill .
There is no killing here . But in the jungle , always killing — the leopard and
jackal , and the hunter . Yes , and the hunter , always killing , the blood of deer
and ...
Page 260
... Lord Buddha said : Kill not at all , kill nothing . It is a sin to kill . If he saw a
caterpillar in the path , he put his foot on one side . Man , man , why have you
killed 260 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
... Lord Buddha said : Kill not at all , kill nothing . It is a sin to kill . If he saw a
caterpillar in the path , he put his foot on one side . Man , man , why have you
killed 260 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
Page 266
Remember it is not for the killing of the two men , but for the previous birth . Then
there comes hell . You must have killed many deer and pig . ' • Yes , yes , I am a
hunter , but what of that , father , what of that ? ' ' Each is a sin , for I told you , didn
...
Remember it is not for the killing of the two men , but for the previous birth . Then
there comes hell . You must have killed many deer and pig . ' • Yes , yes , I am a
hunter , but what of that , father , what of that ? ' ' Each is a sin , for I told you , didn
...
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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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