Books with title The Vile village

[Read by Robert Fass]Can justice be served? When mere accusation takes the place of evidence, freedom is in peril. What happens after the murder is the story of what Johnny Shinn - late of Army Intelligence and veteran of two wars - in spite of himself, does about it. The tense lynch trial that is the focus of the action is really the trial of Johnny Shinn as an American.

The village was called Beddagama, which means the village in the jungle. It lay in the low country or plains, midway between the sea and the great mountains which seem, far away to the north, to rise like a long wall straight up from the sea of trees. It was in, and of, the jungle; the air and smell of the jungle lay heavy upon it the smell of hot air, of dust, and of dry and powdered leaves and sticks. I ts beginning and its end was in the jungle, which stretched away from it on all sides unbroken, north and south and east and west, to the blue line of the hills and to the sea. The jungle surrounded it, overhung it, continually pressed in upon it. It stood at the door of the houses, always ready to press in upon the compounds and open spaces, to break through the mud huts, and to choke up the tracks and paths. It was only by yearly clearing with axe and katty that it could be kept out.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

‘All jungles are evil, but no jungle is more evil than that which lay about the village of Beddagama.’ In a literary career spanning more than 60 years the highly prolific man of letters Leonard Woolf published hardly any fiction. Of the little he did produce, by far the most important was The Village in the Jungle (1913), a debut novel set in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) of such literary accomplishment that it should have propelled him on a career to match his great contemporaries D H Lawrence or Thomas Hardy. Instead Woolf chose to devote himself to publishing fiction by his more famous wife, Virginia, while running the famous Hogarth Press. Despite being virtually unknown The Village in the Jungle is an important classic, rare among English novels of the Edwardian era. While most take the viewpoint of the coloniser, Woolf tells his tale of native life in a colonial outpost from the point of view of the colonised. It is also a tale of superstition and murder set against a backdrop of the jungle that threatens to swallow everything up in its path. The Village in the Jungle is the work of a young writer of immense skill and maturity. His flawlessly lyrical and intense prose brings the jungle chillingly to life, while his innate understanding of the Sinhalese people garnered from seven years as a colonial administrator on the island gives the novel real authenticity. Widely regarded as one of the best books in English about Ceylon, The Village in the Jungle is regarded in Sri Lanka today as a national treasure. Despite the early success of The Village in the Jungle Woolf’s only other fiction about Ceylon is a slim volume of three short stories called Stories of the East (1921), also available from Classic Travel Books.

Ebony is a Flower Fairy who desperately wishes she was a Love Fairy. When an unexpected meeting of the Elders is called, Ebony finally has her chance. Unfortunately, she is terrible at it! Ebony's small village is turned upside down while she and her friends try to fix all that has gone wrong! Will the power of love be strong enough to overcome the Curse they have uncovered?

Ebony is a Flower Fairy that desperately wishes she was a Love Fairy. When an unexpected meeting of the Elders is called, Ebony finally has her chance. Unfortunately for her, she is terrible at it! Ebony's small village is turned upside down while she and her friends try to fix all that has gone wrong. Will the power of love be strong enough to overcome the Curse they have uncovered? Winter Rose Love has written three novels for young people, including Beautiful and Rift. This latest book is sure to make Fairy lovers everywhere smile.

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Excerpt from The Village in the JungleVillage, a wall which, if the axe were spared, would creep in and smother and blot out the village itself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.