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Page 34
Every one in the village knew well that Babehami's friends would find no difficulty
in obtaining the authority to clear a chena, and that the Agent Hamadoru1 would
never hear from Babehami whether they had cleared four acres or eight. But the ...
Every one in the village knew well that Babehami's friends would find no difficulty
in obtaining the authority to clear a chena, and that the Agent Hamadoru1 would
never hear from Babehami whether they had cleared four acres or eight. But the ...
Page 43
Silindu never had any money himself, and he was therefore compelled to work
upon the roads. As the years passed he became more sullen, more taciturn, and
more lazy. Some evil power — one of the unseen powers which he could not ...
Silindu never had any money himself, and he was therefore compelled to work
upon the roads. As the years passed he became more sullen, more taciturn, and
more lazy. Some evil power — one of the unseen powers which he could not ...
Page 297
'They never come out from there — not if they are from the jungle. How can they
live in there, always shut in between walls ? These town people — they do not
mind, but we Surely I should know — I am from Maha- welagama, a village in the
...
'They never come out from there — not if they are from the jungle. How can they
live in there, always shut in between walls ? These town people — they do not
mind, but we Surely I should know — I am from Maha- welagama, a village in the
...
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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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