The social cancer : Noli me tangere / Jose Rizal ; translated by Charles Derbyshire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rizal, Jose.

Contributor:

Derbyshire, Charles E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philippines--History--1812-1898--Fiction.

Philippines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (940 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Auckland, New Zealand] : The Floating Press, 1912.

Summary:

Filipino national hero Jose Rizal wrote The Social Cancer in Berlin in 1887. Upon his return to his country, he was summoned to the palace by the Governor General because of the subversive ideas his book had inspired in the nation. Rizal wrote of his consequent persecution by the church: ""My book made a lot of noise; everywhere, I am asked about it. They wanted to anathematize me ['to excommunicate me'] because of it ... I am considered a German spy, an agent of Bismarck...

Contents:

Title; Contents; Translator's Introduction; Author's Dedication; Chapter I A Social Gathering; Chapter II Crisostomo Ibarra; Chapter III The Dinner; Chapter IV Heretic and Filibuster; Chapter V A Star in a Dark Night; Chapter VI Capitan Tiago; Chapter VII An Idyl on an Azotea; Chapter VIII Recollections; Chapter IX Local Affairs; Chapter X The Town; Chapter XI The Rulers; Chapter XII All Saints; Chapter XIII Signs of Storm; Chapter XIV Tasio: Lunatic or Sage; Chapter XV The Sacristans; Chapter XVI Sisa; Chapter XVII Basilio; Chapter XVIII Souls in Torment

Chapter XIX A Schoolmaster's DifficultiesChapter XX The Meeting in the Town Hall; Chapter XXI The Story of a Mother; Chapter XXII Lights and Shadows; Chapter XXIII Fishing; Chapter XXIV In the Wood; Chapter XXV In the House of the Sage; Chapter XXVI The Eve of the Fiesta; Chapter XXVII In the Twilight; Chapter XXVIII Correspondence; Chapter XXIX The Morning; Chapter XXX In the Church; Chapter XXXI The Sermon; Chapter XXXII The Derrick; Chapter XXXIII Free Thought; Chapter XXXIV The Dinner; Chapter XXXV Comments; Chapter XXXVI The First Cloud; Chapter XXXVII His Excellency

Chapter XXXVIII The ProcessionChapter XXXIX Doña Consolacion; Chapter XL Right and Might; Chapter XLI Two Visits; Chapter XLII The EspadañAs; Chapter XLIII Plans; Chapter XLIV An Examination of Conscience; Chapter XLV The Hunted; Chapter XLVI The Cockpit; Chapter XLVII The Two SeñOras; Chapter XLVIII The Enigma; Chapter XLIX The Voice of the Hunted; Chapter L Elias's Story; Chapter LI Exchanges; Chapter LII The Cards of the Dead and the Shadows; Chapter LIII Il Buon Dí Si Conosce Da Mattina; Chapter LIV Revelations; Chapter LV The Catastrophe; Chapter LVI Rumors and Beliefs

Chapter LVII Vae Victis!Chapter LVIII The Accursed; Chapter LIX Patriotism and Private Interests; Chapter LX Maria Clara Weds; Chapter LXI The Chase on the Lake; Chapter LXII Padre Damaso Explains; Chapter LXIII Christmas Eve; Epilogue; Glossary; Endnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 6, 2014).

ISBN:

1-77556-963-2

OCLC:

601954110