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THE REIGN OF GREED A COMPLETE ENGLISH VERSION OF EL FILIBUSTERISMO FROM THE SPANISH OF
JOSÉ RIZAL
其他書名
Demanding Books on Fiction : Short Stories (single author): THE REIGN OF GREED A COMPLETE ENGLISH VERSION OF EL FILIBUSTERISMO FROM THE SPANISH OF
出版
Beyond Books Hub
, 2023-04-30
主題
Fiction / Short Stories (single author)
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6WS8EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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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:
