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Woolf
in the World:
A Pen and a Press of Her Own
The
Village in the Jungle
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Leonard
Woolf based his novel on his experiences as a colonial administrator
in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1904 to 1911. It is told from the point
of view of the Sinhalese characters, and is a tragedy about the
decay and destruction of their village. Even though Woolf was a
successful administrator, he came to hate imperialism. He returned
to England in 1911 and married Virginia Stephen in 1912. While they
were courting, Leonard and Virginia wrote their first novels and
dedicated them to each other. Leonard turned to journalism and editing
after this novel was published.
Leonard
Woolf. The Village in the Jungle. New York: Harcourt, Brace
and Company, 1926. Dust jacket designed by Winold Reiss.
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Leonard
Woolf. The Village in the Jungle. Title page and dedication.
London: Edward Arnold, 1913.
Presented
by Elizabeth P. Richardson ’43.
Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College
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