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Page 85
He dragged himself slowly to the hut . There was no necessity to tell the others
what had happened . The pale yellow of his skin , his sunken glazed eyes , his
shivering body told them that Punchirala ' s charms had already begun their work
...
He dragged himself slowly to the hut . There was no necessity to tell the others
what had happened . The pale yellow of his skin , his sunken glazed eyes , his
shivering body told them that Punchirala ' s charms had already begun their work
...
Page 123
The remainder of the festival passed slowly for them . They followed the perahera
dispirited , and called upon the god nightly . But there was no hope or even doubt
now to excite them . Silindu , listless , waited for his release ; Hinnihami was ...
The remainder of the festival passed slowly for them . They followed the perahera
dispirited , and called upon the god nightly . But there was no hope or even doubt
now to excite them . Silindu , listless , waited for his release ; Hinnihami was ...
Page 133
Very slowly I looked over the rock , and there below in the undergrowth I saw the
back of a doe . Her head was down , hidden by the leaves , and she murmured ,
licking something on the grass . Slowly , slowly I took up my gun and leaned it ...
Very slowly I looked over the rock , and there below in the undergrowth I saw the
back of a doe . Her head was down , hidden by the leaves , and she murmured ,
licking something on the grass . Slowly , slowly I took up my gun and leaned it ...
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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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