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Page 8
In the water-holes the water has sunk too low for them to reach it on the slippery
rocks; for days and nights they wander round and round the holes, stretching
down their heads to the water, which they cannot touch. Many die of thirst and ...
In the water-holes the water has sunk too low for them to reach it on the slippery
rocks; for days and nights they wander round and round the holes, stretching
down their heads to the water, which they cannot touch. Many die of thirst and ...
Page 17
They sat round the one room or outside round the door, very still and silent,
listening to her droning voice as she squatted by the fire and stared out into the
darkness.* Outside lay Silindu, apparently paying no attention to the tale. The
stories ...
They sat round the one room or outside round the door, very still and silent,
listening to her droning voice as she squatted by the fire and stared out into the
darkness.* Outside lay Silindu, apparently paying no attention to the tale. The
stories ...
Page 239
The Ratemahatmaya got out and went round to the back of the house to
announce his arrival through the servants. Silindu squatted down near the
hackery ; he was no longer quite conscious of what was going on around him ;
after a while the ...
The Ratemahatmaya got out and went round to the back of the house to
announce his arrival through the servants. Silindu squatted down near the
hackery ; he was no longer quite conscious of what was going on around him ;
after a while 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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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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