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er 19

Publish in
Ghent (1891)

About the
Novel . . .
Privations
in Ghent
Printing
of
El Filiof
Savior
Fili
Fili comes
off the
Dedication
Press
Manuscript
and
Book
Title

Noli vs Fili
Issue of
Superiority
Unfinished
rd
3 Novel

About the
Novel . . .
The second novel written by Rizal as
sequel to Noli Me Tangere
Started writing on October 1887 in
Calamba
Finished in March 29 1891 in Biarritz
It took Rizal three years to write his
second novel.

Privations
in Ghent
July 5, 1891 Rizal and Jose Alejandrino left
Brussels for Ghent
Reasons:
1. Printing cost in Ghent was cheaper than
in Brussel
2. To escape from enticing attraction of
Suzanne Jacoby

Printing of
El Fili
F. MEYER-VAN LOO PRESS, No. 66
Viaanderen Street
-willing to print the book on installment
basis.
He pawned his jewels to pay the down
payment and early partial payments.
He received some money from Basa and
P200 from Rodriguez Arias
August 6 The printing had to be
suspended

Savior
of Fili
Rizal almost burned the manuscript of
El Filibusterismo, just like he did in Noli
Me Tangere
Valentin Ventura
savior of El Filibusterismo
sent the amount needed to finish the
publication

Fili comes
off the
Press
September 18, 1891 El Fili came off to
press
Rizal immediately send 2 copies to
Hongkong
-one for Basa and the other for Sixto
Lopez
He gratefully gave the original
manuscript of El Fili and a printed copy
with his autograph to Valentin Ventura

Dedica
tion
Rizal dedicated El Filibusterismo to GomBur-Za (Don Mariano Gomez, 73 years old;
Don Jose Burgos, 35 years old; Jacinto
Zamora, 37 years old)

Manuscript
and the
Book
Original manuscript of El Fili in Rizals own
handwriting in now preserved in the
Filipiana Division of the Bureau of
Public Libraries, Manila. It consists of 270
pages of long sheets of paper.
Two features that didnt appear in the
printed book, namely: the FOREWORD and
the WARNING.
-These were not put into print to save
printing cost

Title

Filibusterismo/Filibustero
- Rizal first heard this word during the
execution of
GOMBURZA
- At that time filibustero referred to those
who are provoking a revolution against the
foreign government
- Dangerous patriot, Rebel,
Subversive
The title page of El Filibusterismo contains an
inscription written by Ferdinand Blumentritt.

Noli
vs Fili
Noli

Fili

Romantic Novel
Work of the
heart
Book of Feeling
has Freshness,
Color,
Humor,
Lightness,
Wit.

Political Novel
Work of the
Head
Book of
Thought
has Bitterness,
Hatred,
Pain,
Violence,
Sorrow.

Issue of
Superiori
ty

Believes that Noli is superior: Rizal

himself, M.H. del Pilar, Retana, Rizals 1st
spanish biographer
Believes that Fili is superior: Blumentrittt,
Graciano Lopez Jaena Dr. Rafael Palma
Mariano Ponce Fili is true twin of the
Noli.

Unfinished
rd
3 Novel
September 22, 1891 Rizal wrote to
Blumetritt saying that hes thinking of
writing a third novel where ethics will play
principal role.
October 18, 1891 boarded Melbroune in
Marseilles bound for H.K., during the
voyage he wrote the third novel in
Tagalog.

Unfinished
rd
3 Novel
The unfinished 3rd novel has no title. It
consists of 44 pages in Rizals
handwriting
The manuscript is still preserved in the
Bureau of Public Libraries (National
Library)
The hero of the novel was Kamandagan,
a descendant of Lakan-Dula, last king of
Tondo. He plotted to regain the lost
freedom of his fathers.

Other
Unfinished
Novel

Makamisa - a tagalog novel, written in

light sarcastic style, incomplete with
only 2 chapters and consists of only of
20 pages.

Dapitan - written in Ironic Spanish, he

wrote it while in Dapitan to depict the
town life and customs; it consists of 8
pages.

Other
Unfinished
Novel
A novel in Spanish about the life in Pili,
a town in Laguna, consist of 147 pages,
without title.
Another unfinished novel is also without
title, is about Cristobal, a youthful
Filipino student who has returned from
Europe, consists if 34 pages.

Other
Unfinished
Novel
The beginning of another novel are
contained in two notebooks. The first
notebook contains 31 written pages
while the second contains 12 pages.
- written in Spanish and the style is
ironic

Thank
you!!!

Jose
Alejandrino

Suzanne
Jacoby