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The Village in the Jungle
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- Language
- en
About this book
Creators: Leonard Woolf (1880-1969) "The Village in the Jungle" by Leonard Woolf is a novel published in 1913, based on his experiences as a colonial administrator in British Ceylon. The story follows Silindu, a poor farmer in the village of Beddegama, and his two daughters as they struggle against poverty, disease, superstition, and an unsympathetic colonial system. Ground-breaking for being written from the native rather than colonial perspective, the novel depicts how the family confronts manipulation by village authorities that leads to tragedy and a murder trial. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 787