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Page 103
The one at the north end belonged to the Beragama deviyo : the temple or
dewala itself was a small, squat, oblong building, above which at one end rose
the customary dome-like erection of Hindu temples, on which are fantastically
carved ...
The one at the north end belonged to the Beragama deviyo : the temple or
dewala itself was a small, squat, oblong building, above which at one end rose
the customary dome-like erection of Hindu temples, on which are fantastically
carved ...
Page 111
Come away from all these people. They pushed through the crowd, and going
down a narrow opening between two boutiques found themselves in the strip of
quiet forest upon the bank of the river. The vederala squatted down under a ...
Come away from all these people. They pushed through the crowd, and going
down a narrow opening between two boutiques found themselves in the strip of
quiet forest upon the bank of the river. The vederala squatted down under a ...
Page 118
Most of the people squatted down, and, though they could not hear a word of
what followed, they watched in hope of some exciting development. Babun and
Silindu squatted down in front of the sanyasi. Karlinahami, Hinnihami, and the
others ...
Most of the people squatted down, and, though they could not hear a word of
what followed, they watched in hope of some exciting development. Babun and
Silindu squatted down in front of the sanyasi. Karlinahami, Hinnihami, and the
others ...
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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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