CHAPTER 19

EL FILIBUSTERISMO
Published in Ghent

Prepared by: Zhareena Gayle E. Pagulayan

Rizal begun writing El

Filibusterismo on October, 1887,
while practicing medicine in
Calamba.
The following year (1888), in
London, he made some changes in
the plot and corrected some
chapters already written.
He wrote more chapters in Paris
and Madrid and finished the
manuscript in Biarritz on March
29, 1891.

(1)The cost of printing in Ghent was

cheaper than in Brussels and;

(2)To escape from the enticing

attraction of Petite Suzanne

- He met two compatriots:

Jose Alejandro (from Pampanga)
Edilberto Evangelista (from Manila)
- Both studying Engineering in
University of Ghent

The Printing of El
Filibusterismo
F. MEYER-VAN LOO PRESS, No.
66 Viaanderen Street
He pawned his jewels in order
to pay the down-payment and
the early partial payments
during the printing of the novel.
On August 6, the printing had
to be suspended.

Ventura, Savior of the

Fili
Valentin Ventura in Paris
knew of Rizals predicament
and immediately sent him
the necessary funds
The printing of the Fili is
RESUMED.

On September 18, 1891, EL

FILIBUSTERISMO came off the
Press
He sent two printed copies to
Hong Kong one for Basa and the
other for Sixto Lopez.
Rizal gratefully donated the
original manuscript and an
autographed printed copy to
Valentin Ventura.
He also sent copies to Blumentritt,
Mariano Ponce, G. Lopez Jaena,

Rizal dedicated El
Filibusterismo to:
- Don Mariano Gomez
- Don Jose Burgos
- Don Jacinto Zamora

Synopsis of El
Filibusterismo
Sequel to his first novel, Nolli
Me Tangere
It has little humor, less
idealism, and less romance
than Noli
It is more revolutionary and
more tragic

The Characters:
Dona Victorina
Tiburcio de Espadana
Paulita Gomez
Ben-Zayb
Padre Sibyla
Padre Camorra
Don Custodio
Padre Salvi

Padre Irene
Padre Florentino
Isagani
Basilio
Capitan Tiago
Juanito Pelaez

Other characters:
Cabesang Tales
Juli
Macaraig
Padre Millon
Placido Penitente
Senor Pasta
Tandang Selo
Sandoval

Pecson
Cabesana Andang
Pepay
Padre Fernandez
Don Timoteo
Tano
Chichay

Simoun, a rich jeweler.

He was Crisostomo Ibarra of the Noli.
Because of Elias help, he escaped from
the pursuing soldiers, dug up his treasure,
and fled to Cuba where he became rich.
After many years, he returns to the
Philippines.
(1) To rescue Maria Clara from the nunnery

of Santa Clara
(2) To foment a revolution against the
hated Spanish masters

The story is about Simoun, a man of

wealth and mystery, is a very close
friend and confidante of the Spanish
governor general. Because of his
great influence in Malacanang, he
was called the Brown Cardigan or
the Black Eminence
His first attempt to begin the armed
uprising which is to rescue Maria
Clara, did not materialize because at
the last hour he hears the sad news
that Maria Clara died in the nunnery.
On the occasion of the wedding of
Paulita Gomez and Juanito Pelaez, he

As the wedding feast begins, the

poet Isagani, who has been
rejected by Paulita because of is
liberal ideas, is standing outside
the house, watching sorrowfully
the merriment inside. But Basilio,
his friend, warns him to go away
because the lighted lamp will soon
explode.
Isagani rushes into the house,
seives the lighted lamp, and hurls
it into the river, where it explodes

Mortally wounded, and carrying his

treasure chest, he sought refuge in
the home of Padre Florentino by the
sea.
The Spanish authorities, however,
knew about his presence in the
house of Padre Florentino, the sent
letter to the priest informing that
they would come to their house to
arrest Simoun.
But Simoun eluded arrest by taking
poison.
As he is dying, he confesses to Padre

Noli and Fili

Compared
Noli Novel
Romantic
Work of the
Heart
Book of
Feeling
It has freshness,
color, humor,
lightness, and
wit
Has 64 chapters

Fili

Political Novel
Work of the Head
Book of the
Thought
It contains
bitterness, hatred,
pain, violence, and
sorrow.
Has 38 chapters

Rizals Unfinished Third

Novel
On September 22, 1891, four
days after the Fili came off the
press, he wrote to Blumetritt
about his intentions of writing
another a thrid novel.
On October 18 1891, Rizal
boarded the steamer to
Melbourne in Marseilles bound
for Hongkong.

In Hong Kong he continued

it, but for some reason, he
did not finished it.
The unfinished third novel
has no Title.
It consists of 44 chapters in
Rizals handwriting, still in
manuscript form.

It is now preserved in the

National Library in Manila.
It said that Rizal was fortunate
not to finish this novel,
because it would have caused
greater scandal and more
Spanish vengeance on him.

Rizals other unfinished

Novels
Makamisa a novel in
Tagalog. It is written in a ligt
sarcastic style. It is
incomplete for only 2
chapters are finished.
Dapitan it is unfinished,
written in ironic Spanish. He
wrote it during his exile in
Dapitan

A novel in Spanish about the

life in Pili, a town in Laguna.
It is also unfinished. It is also
without title.
Another unfinished novel of
Rizal, also without title,
consists of 34 pages.

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