The village in the jungleThe evils of colonialism and the struggles of man against the universe and between man and nature are explored in Woolf's early-twentieth-century saga about Silindu and the inhabitants of the Ceylonese village of Beddagama |
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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 anger angry Appochchi Appu Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm child cloth Colombo compound daughter deer devil E. M. Forster elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool frightened girl give grain hang headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave Leonard Woolf leopard listen live looked magistrate months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison 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 understand veddas vederala village voice walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko
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| Title | The village in the jungle Twentieth Century Classics Oxford paperbacks |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192813129, 9780192813121 |
| Length | 179 pages |
| Subjects | › British British - Sri Lanka British/ Sri Lanka/ Fiction Colonial administrators Colonial administrators/ Fiction Culture conflict Domestic fiction Fathers and daughters Fathers and daughters/ Fiction Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Imperialism Political fiction Sri Lanka Villages |
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