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Written by a prominent member of the Bloomsbury group, this novel of colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka) includes a biographical afterword by Sir Christopher Ondaatje, author of Woolf in Ceylon, and a short story, Pearls before Swine, which vividly draws on Woolf's experience as a young District Commissioner.

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"'a superbly dispassionate observation and a great novel' Quentin Bell 'as relevant today as when it first appeared' E F C Ludowyk"

The Village in the Jungle

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    A Paperback by Leonard Woolf

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      Publisher: Eland Publishing Ltd
      Publication Date: 11/25/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780907871293, 978-0907871293
      ISBN10: 0907871291
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Written by a prominent member of the Bloomsbury group, this novel of colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka) includes a biographical afterword by Sir Christopher Ondaatje, author of Woolf in Ceylon, and a short story, Pearls before Swine, which vividly draws on Woolf's experience as a young District Commissioner.

      Trade Review
      "'a superbly dispassionate observation and a great novel' Quentin Bell 'as relevant today as when it first appeared' E F C Ludowyk"

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