Noli Me Tangere: Touch Me Not - Softcover

Rizal, Jose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1420950347 ISBN 13: 9781420950342

Publisher: Digireads.Com, 2014

Synopsis

At the center of "Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)" by Philippine national hero José Rizal is the conflict against Spanish colonialism. The Philippines, which is named after King Philip II of Spain, was ruled by the Spanish empire as a colony from 1565 until the Philippine Revolution ended this rule in 1898. For his part in the Philippine Revolution, José Rizal was tried and convicted for rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy. His sentence was to be death by firing squad. Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra, the main character of "Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)", returns to the Phillipines after a seven year absence studying in Europe. He is betrothed to the María Clara, the beautiful daughter of Captain Tiago. With this work Rizal set out to write a novel that would expose the ills of Philippine society and in so doing created a passionate love story set against the backdrop of the political conflict against a repressive regime. "Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)" and its sequel "El Filibusterismo" are exceptional firsthand documents of the real struggles faced by the Philippine peoples at the end of the 19th century.

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About the Author:

José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, novelist, poet, ophthalmologist, journalist, and revolutionary. He is widely considered as one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines. Charles E. Derbyshire (1880-1933) was the Translator of Noli Me Tangere in English. He Died April, 10, 1933 in Chillicotte Ohio.

About this edition

• Publisher: Digireads.Com
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1420950347
• ISBN 13: 9781420950342
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290