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Page 223
But I am a quiet man ; I have given no trouble in the village . You know that well ,
Arachchi , don ' t you ? I cannot speak well — like you , Arachchiếin the court . But
this is what I want to say . I do not like this Babun ; all the trouble has come from ...
But I am a quiet man ; I have given no trouble in the village . You know that well ,
Arachchi , don ' t you ? I cannot speak well — like you , Arachchiếin the court . But
this is what I want to say . I do not like this Babun ; all the trouble has come from ...
Page 224
He is a good man ; and the trouble came from Babun , as you say . ' That is it ,
Arachchi , that is it . Let the Mudalali take Punchi Menika . My daughter cannot
live with thieves now . She will go to the Mudalali . Do you understand ? Yes ,
Silindu ...
He is a good man ; and the trouble came from Babun , as you say . ' That is it ,
Arachchi , that is it . Let the Mudalali take Punchi Menika . My daughter cannot
live with thieves now . She will go to the Mudalali . Do you understand ? Yes ,
Silindu ...
Page 253
There is no one here to trouble you now . There will be quiet for you again — and
for me , perhaps , why not ? The killing was for that . Surely , surely , it must be ,
child . And Babun ? Why , in a little while Babun will come back - in a month or ...
There is no one here to trouble you now . There will be quiet for you again — and
for me , perhaps , why not ? The killing was for that . Surely , surely , it must be ,
child . And Babun ? Why , in a little while Babun will come back - in a month or ...
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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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