El Fili English
The Reign of Greed - El Filibusterismo
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The Reign of Greed - El Filibusterismo
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Reign of Greed, by Jose Rizal This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: The Reign of Greed El Filibusterismo
Author: Jose Rizal
Release Date: January 11, 2004 [EBook #10676]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE REIGN OF GREED
A Complete English Version of El Filibusterismo from the Spanish of
José Rizal
By
Charles Derbyshire
1912
Translator's Introduction
El Filibusterismo, the second of José Rizal's novels of Philippine life, is a story of the last days of the Spanish régime in the Philippines. Under the name of The Reign of Greed it is for the first time translated into English.
Written some four or five years after Noli Me Tangere, the book represents Rizal's more mature judgment on political and social conditions in the islands, and in its graver and less hopeful tone reflects the disappointments and discouragements which he had encountered in his efforts to lead the way to reform.
Rizal's dedication to the first edition is of special interest, as the writing of it was one of the grounds of accusation against him when he was condemned to death in 1896. It reads:
"To the memory of the priests, Don Mariano Gomez (85 years old), Don José Burgos (30 years old), and Don
Jacinto Zamora (35 years old). Executed in Bagumbayan Field on the 28th of February, 1872.
"The Church, by refusing to degrade you, has placed in doubt the crime that has been imputed to you; the
Government, by surrounding your trials with mystery and shadows, causes the belief that there was
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The Reign of Greed - El Filibusterismo
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Reign of Greed, by Jose Rizal This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: The Reign of Greed El Filibusterismo
Author: Jose Rizal
Release Date: January 11, 2004 [EBook #10676]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE REIGN OF GREED ***
Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the distributed proofreaders team.
THE REIGN OF GREED
A Complete English Version of El Filibusterismo from the Spanish of
José Rizal
By
Charles Derbyshire
1912
Translator's Introduction
El Filibusterismo, the second of José Rizal's novels of Philippine life, is a story of the last days of the Spanish régime in the Philippines. Under the name of The Reign of Greed it is for the first time translated into English.
Written some four or five years after Noli Me Tangere, the book represents Rizal's more mature judgment on political and social conditions in the islands, and in its graver and less hopeful tone reflects the disappointments and discouragements which he had encountered in his efforts to lead the way to reform.
Rizal's dedication to the first edition is of special interest, as the writing of it was one of the grounds of accusation against him when he was condemned to death in 1896. It reads:
"To the memory of the priests, Don Mariano Gomez (85 years old), Don José Burgos (30 years old), and Don
Jacinto Zamora (35 years old). Executed in Bagumbayan Field on the 28th of February, 1872.
"The Church, by refusing to degrade you, has placed in doubt the crime that has been imputed to you; the
Government, by surrounding your trials with mystery and shadows, causes the belief that there was