#OnThisDay September 18, 1891, the second novel of Dr. Jose Rizal, El Filibusterismo (Reign of Greed), written in Spanish and a sequel to Noli Me Tangere, is published in Ghent, Belgium.
The publisher F. Meyer-Van Loo Press, no. 66 Viaanderen Street who was willing to print his
book on installment basis. On August 6, 1891 the printing of his book had to be suspended because Rizal could no longer give the necessary funds to the printer. Rizal’s friend Valentin Ventura heard Rizal’s predicament and he immediately sent the amount of
money needed to finish the publication of the novel. On September 18, 1891, El Filibusterismo came off to Press.
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El Filibusterismo, the second of Jose Rizal’s novels of Philippine life, is a story of the Spanish regime in the Philippines. 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 Jose 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 some error, committed in fatal moments; and all the
Philippines, by worshiping your memory and calling you martyrs, in no [vi]sense recognizes your culpability. In so far, therefore, as your complicity in the Cavite mutiny is not clearly proved, as you may or may not have been patriots, and as you may or may not have cherished sentiments for justice and for liberty, I have the right to dedicate my work to you as victims of the evil which I undertake to combat. And while we await expectantly upon Spain some day to restore your good name and cease to be answerable for your death, let these pages serve as a tardy wreath of dried leaves over your unknown tombs, and let it be understood that every one who without clear proofs attacks your memory stains his hands in your blood!
- J. Rizal.â€
References:
1. Philippine Almanac book of Facts, 1986 Edition, p. 51
2. “Album Pictorico Sobre Rizal†1960, Bohol Provincial Library, RE 921 R528p
3. The Project Gutenberg EBook, 2005, The Reign of Greed, by Jose Rizal
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