Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 22)
Part 22 of the José Rizal biography series: his romance with Josephine Bracken in Dapitan, a suspected espionage plot, and their reconciliation.
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Fiction Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 21)
Part 21 of the José Rizal biography series: his educational experiment at the Dapitan village school, and his petition for release from exile.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 20)
Renowned as an ophthalmologist, Rizal devotes himself to public works in Dapitan — a waterworks, farmland reclamation — even as friar pressure gets his guardian replaced. Part 20 of the Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal biography.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 19)
Grieving Leonor’s death, Rizal settles into a disciplined life in Dapitan as physician and teacher, while pursuing his passion for natural history. Part 19 of the Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal biography.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 18)
Exiled to Dapitan, Rizal wins his guardian’s trust and is granted a measure of freedom, while proposing a set of reforms for Philippine governance. Part 18 of the Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal biography.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 17)
In 1892, Rizal founds La Liga Filipina in Manila, only to be summoned by the Governor-General and imprisoned at Fort Santiago on suspicion of seditious documents. Part 17 of the Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal biography.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 16)
Rizal set out for Manila carrying his passport and a guarantee of safe residence, but for the faction that regarded him as an enemy, his return to the…
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 15)
At this, he resolved firmly to return to the islands, to see for himself whether he could truly accomplish anything there.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 14)
An English engineer named Kipping came to the town of Dagupan, where Leonor's family lived, to supervise the construction of a railway.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 13)
The particular reason Rizal made a point of this clause was that he always had a sense that some unforeseen calamity might befall him.