Novel written by Leonard Woolf, published 1913, based on his experiences as a colonial civil servant in British-controlled Ceylon, but unusually written from the native point of view.
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The Village in the Jungle
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Leonard Woolf's Ceylon
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Washington Irving
American writer who is best known for his short stories 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle'. Born 3 April 1783 in the USA, he travelled to Europe coming to England in 1815. He also ...
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Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton
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Christopher Columbus
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Diocese of Sourozh
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Hilda Doolittle
WC1, Mecklenburgh Square, 44
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