Young Crisóstomo Ibarra returns to Manila after years of study in Europe and is welcomed at Captain Tiago’s dinner, where Padre Dámaso insults his dead father. His plans to found a school and marry María Clara run up against the power of the friars and the colonial order. Frank Gannett’s 1900 translation abridges Rizal’s novel.
The book that made Rizal a national hero, in an early English version prepared during the American occupation. Download the free EPUB.
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