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Page 57
Babun sat there unable to begin , listening to the sounds of the women in the hut .
At last he said : Silindu , I have come to speak to you about your daughter Punchi
Menika . ' Silindu remained quite still : he apparently had not heard . Babun ...
Babun sat there unable to begin , listening to the sounds of the women in the hut .
At last he said : Silindu , I have come to speak to you about your daughter Punchi
Menika . ' Silindu remained quite still : he apparently had not heard . Babun ...
Page 115
She hated him as she had hated him when he approached her before ; but as
she listened to him talking to Karlinahami , fear - the fear that she felt for unknown
evils - gradually crept upon her . She cried helplessly , and Punchirala smiled at ...
She hated him as she had hated him when he approached her before ; but as
she listened to him talking to Karlinahami , fear - the fear that she felt for unknown
evils - gradually crept upon her . She cried helplessly , and Punchirala smiled at ...
Page 290
Punchi Menika would stand listening to them going over it again and again , hour
after hour . She listened in silence , and would then slip quietly away to wander in
the evening down the track towards Kamburupitiya . It was on the track that ...
Punchi Menika would stand listening to them going over it again and again , hour
after hour . She listened in silence , and would then slip quietly away to wander in
the evening down the track towards Kamburupitiya . It was on the track that ...
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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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