The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf

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The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf

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Summary

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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The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf

The classic novel of colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka), first published in 1913, and written by Virginia Woolf's husband.

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Leonard Woolf was born in London in 1880. Educated at St. Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1904 he joined the Civil Service in Ceylon returning to England in May 1911. With his wife, Virginia Woolf, he lived at the heart of the Bloomsbury Group, setting up the Hogarth Press with her in 1917. He wrote two novels, a number of works of non-fiction and a brilliant five-volume memoir. He died in 1969.
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ISBN 13 9780907871293
ISBN 10 0907871291
Title The Village in the Jungle
Author Leonard Woolf
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Eland Publishing Ltd
Year published 2005-11-25
Number of pages 216
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.