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Page 53
They are all sickly things , unfit to bear you children . My father ' s brother married
a woman of Kotegoda ... It would be a good thing for you to take a wife from there
, for she would bring you a dowry . ' ' Yes , ' said Nanchohami , ' it would be a ...
They are all sickly things , unfit to bear you children . My father ' s brother married
a woman of Kotegoda ... It would be a good thing for you to take a wife from there
, for she would bring you a dowry . ' ' Yes , ' said Nanchohami , ' it would be a ...
Page 224
You are clever ! How clever you are ! You think of all things . Yes , it must be all
done quietly , quietly . ' Very well . Silindu . I will tell the Mudalali . It is a good
thing to end all this trouble , like this . ' Yes , it is a very good thing to end it like
this .
You are clever ! How clever you are ! You think of all things . Yes , it must be all
done quietly , quietly . ' Very well . Silindu . I will tell the Mudalali . It is a good
thing to end all this trouble , like this . ' Yes , it is a very good thing to end it like
this .
Page 303
She remembered Babun ' s words to the Mudalali , Surely it is a more bitter thing
to die in a strange place . It might be a still bitterer thing to live in a strange place .
She was alone in the world ; the only thing left to her was the compound and ...
She remembered Babun ' s words to the Mudalali , Surely it is a more bitter thing
to die in a strange place . It might be a still bitterer thing to live in a strange place .
She was alone in the world ; the only thing left to her was the compound and ...
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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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