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She waited month after month . Her first feelings of fear were lost in the ... The
leopard ' s cub has turned into a deer . ' As the months passed , she gradually
began . to feel as if each day might be the one THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE
289.
She waited month after month . Her first feelings of fear were lost in the ... The
leopard ' s cub has turned into a deer . ' As the months passed , she gradually
began . to feel as if each day might be the one THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE
289.
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And as each day passed without bringing him , she tried to reckon whether the
six months had really gone . She talked it over with the other villagers . Some
said it was five months , others seven months since the conviction . They
discussed it ...
And as each day passed without bringing him , she tried to reckon whether the
six months had really gone . She talked it over with the other villagers . Some
said it was five months , others seven months since the conviction . They
discussed it ...
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sent there many months ago . They sent him there for six months . It was a false
case . The six months have passed now , but he has not returned to the village . I
have come to ask about him here - a long way . I am tired , father , tired of all this .
sent there many months ago . They sent him there for six months . It was a false
case . The six months have passed now , but he has not returned to the village . I
have come to ask about him here - a long way . I am tired , father , tired of all this .
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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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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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