Project Gutenberg 2019-11-04 Public domain in the USA. 357 Woolf, Leonard 1880 1969 Woolf, Leonard Sidney 14013377 The Village in the Jungle Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_in_the_Jungle Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust.) "The Village in the Jungle" by Leonard Woolf is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in a Sri Lankan village called Beddagama, a place deeply embedded in the jungle and marked by poverty and struggle. It explores the lives of its inhabitants, particularly focusing on characters like Silindu, a man haunted by fear and hardship, his wife Dingihami, and their twin daughters, Punchi Menika and Hinnihami. At the start of the novel, the setting is vividly described; Beddagama is surrounded by a menacing jungle that feels alive and threatening. The opening portion details the atmosphere of fear, hunger, and superstition that pervades the villagers' lives, particularly as they navigate their connections with the unforgiving jungle. Silindu, characterized as a taciturn yet deeply connected to the jungle, faces personal turmoil after the death of his wife. It introduces various themes of survival, fear of the wilderness, and the looming influence of the jungle over the villagers’ existence. The narrative alludes to the challenges the community faces in cultivating rice and dealing with debts, while also emphasizing the complex social dynamics at play, especially through Silindu's interactions with his twin daughters as they grow up amidst uncertainty and longing for connection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Imperialism -- Fiction Domestic fiction Fathers and daughters -- Fiction Political fiction Villages -- Fiction Culture conflict -- Fiction Colonial administrators -- Fiction British -- Sri Lanka -- Fiction Sri Lanka -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels 416700 2025-07-24T07:20:29.997248 text/html 396368 2024-10-17T14:27:17 text/html 198299 2025-07-24T07:20:35.077172 application/epub+zip 203510 2025-07-24T07:20:31.012218 application/epub+zip 203510 2025-07-24T07:20:30.592196 application/epub+zip 308105 2025-07-24T07:20:38.117169 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294496 2025-07-24T07:20:34.536191 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294672 2022-09-27T11:51:10.209648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389509 2025-07-24T07:20:29.381255 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 369759 2024-10-17T14:27:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18247 2025-07-24T07:20:38.252143 application/rdf+xml 7009 2025-07-24T07:20:30.686185 image/jpeg 1671 2025-07-24T07:20:30.640172 image/jpeg 191247 2025-07-24T07:20:30.032186 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia