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I knew such a man once , a hunter and tracker of game , a little man with hunched
- up shoulders and peering , cunning little eyes , and a small dark face all
pinched and lined , for he spent his life crouching , slinking , and cunning than
the ...
I knew such a man once , a hunter and tracker of game , a little man with hunched
- up shoulders and peering , cunning little eyes , and a small dark face all
pinched and lined , for he spent his life crouching , slinking , and cunning than
the ...
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Silindu was everything to her , and she knew that now she was everything to him
. At first she had felt that she was being driven inevitably to sacrifice herself ; but
when Karlinahami returned from Punchirala ' s compound , and told them of the ...
Silindu was everything to her , and she knew that now she was everything to him
. At first she had felt that she was being driven inevitably to sacrifice herself ; but
when Karlinahami returned from Punchirala ' s compound , and told them of the ...
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CHAPTER VII SILINDU knew well now that Hinnihami had been a victim to save
him . Both the devil and the god had said , “ Either the man or the girl must be
given . It was the girl who had been given ; but it was he who should have died ...
CHAPTER VII SILINDU knew well now that Hinnihami had been a victim to save
him . Both the devil and the god had said , “ Either the man or the girl must be
given . It was the girl who had been given ; but it was he who should have died ...
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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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