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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 115
She cried helplessly , and Punchirala smiled at her as he watched her .
Karlinahami watched his face expectantly and anxiously . At last Punchirala
began again slowly : How the girl cries . And for her father too ! I am thinking that
there is yet ...
She cried helplessly , and Punchirala smiled at her as he watched her .
Karlinahami watched his face expectantly and anxiously . At last Punchirala
began again slowly : How the girl cries . And for her father too ! I am thinking that
there is yet ...
Page 129
He stood and watched the girl walk slowly away with Silindu along the path .
Things had not happened quite as he had expected or hoped . He had enjoyed
his first triumph over the girl , but he had soon grown to doubt whether her
continued ...
He stood and watched the girl walk slowly away with Silindu along the path .
Things had not happened quite as he had expected or hoped . He had enjoyed
his first triumph over the girl , but he had soon grown to doubt whether her
continued ...
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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 |
| 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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