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Page 36
The meat I have brought to my house. This piece is for you.' The headman took
the meat in silence, and hung it up in the house. He fetched a chew of betel and
gave it to Silindu. The two men then squatted down, one on each side of the door.
The meat I have brought to my house. This piece is for you.' The headman took
the meat in silence, and hung it up in the house. He fetched a chew of betel and
gave it to Silindu. The two men then squatted down, one on each side of the door.
Page 67
She watched in silence the new house being put up, and she watched in silence
Punchi Menika leave the old hut for the new. She felt as if she were losing
something ; that her sister was going away from her, and that her life had greatly
...
She watched in silence the new house being put up, and she watched in silence
Punchi Menika leave the old hut for the new. She felt as if she were losing
something ; that her sister was going away from her, and that her life had greatly
...
Page 126
The girl had yielded herself to him in silence. In the long journey together through
the jungle he had, without success, tried many methods of breaking or bending
her spirit. But he had failed: his jeers and his irony, his anger and his embraces, ...
The girl had yielded herself to him in silence. In the long journey together through
the jungle he had, without success, tried many methods of breaking or bending
her spirit. But he had failed: his jeers and his irony, his anger and his embraces, ...
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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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