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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 Hamadoru
' would never hear from Babehami whether they had cleared four acres or eight .
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 Hamadoru
' would never hear from Babehami whether they had cleared four acres or eight .
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 - Iam from Mahawelagama , 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 - Iam from Mahawelagama , 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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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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