Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 12)
As news of his beloved Leonor's marriage spread, sympathy for him poured in from every quarter. Dr.
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Fiction Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 11)
And yet he abruptly left Paris and moved to Brussels (January 1890). His friends said he must have fled to escape the way his love troubles were…
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 10)
Just as the distant state of affairs in his homeland was troubling him so, a difficulty arose closer at hand as well.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 9)
Around that time, Filipinos residing in Barcelona banded together to launch the journal La Solidaridad.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 8)
One year after the publication of Noli Me Tángere, and just six months after returning to his island home, Rizal found himself fated to hastily leave his…
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 7)
According to an account published at the time by a respected critic, the state of the Philippines under Spanish rule, as seen through this novel, was as…
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 6)
He finished writing the novel while staying in Berlin (February 22, 1887), but he lacked the financial means to publish it. Hearing of this, however, Dr.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 5)
At last, Rizal departed Manila in secret. Looking back, this was the first step of the wandering life that would be his lifelong fate.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 4)
Part 4 of a serialized biography of Jose Rizal: an assault by a Civil Guard, his secret departure from the Philippines under a false name in 1882, and his lasting friendship with future Bishop Gregorio Aglipay.
Fiction “Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 3)
Part 3 of a serialized biography of Jose Rizal: his brilliant record at the Ateneo Municipal, the prize-winning poem 'To the Filipino Youth,' his engagement to Leonor Rivera, and the play that turned the Dominican faculty against him.