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Page 289
She waited month after month. Her first feelings of fear were lost in the perpetual
sense of expectancy as the time slipped away. And she had to work, to labour
hard in order to keep herself and Karlinahami alive. The little store of kurakkan in
...
She waited month after month. Her first feelings of fear were lost in the perpetual
sense of expectancy as the time slipped away. And she had to work, to labour
hard in order to keep herself and Karlinahami alive. The little store of kurakkan in
...
Page 290
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 for
...
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 for
...
Page 296
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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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo Amara Devi anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm chena child cloth compound crop daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave leopard listen live looked magistrate Malay months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Appu Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko
Bibliographic information
| Title | The village in the jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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