Dr. José Rizal is the national hero of the Philippines. His
execution helped to enflame a revolt against Spain that had just
begun and which, subsequently became a part of the history of the
Spanish-American War.
Inspired in part by the novel of Harriet Beecher Stowe, UNCLE TOM'S
CABIN, Rizal hoped by his writings to bring to the attention of Spain
and the world the evils that existed in the Philippines in his time.
He wrote two major novels prior to his execution by the Spanish
authorities: NOLI ME TANGERE and EL FILIBUSTERISMO, both in the
Spanish language. Dr. Charles Derybyshire wrote one of the earliest
English translations of these two novels and both are now in the
public domain.
I am pleased to report that on January 11, 2004, the Gutenburg
project put out an electronic version of Charles Derbyshire's English
translation of Rizal's EL FILIBUSTERISMO and was entitled THE
SUBVERSIVE. The URL where it may be accessed is as
follows:
http://www.gutenberg.net/1/0/6/7/10676/10676.txt
It may also be found in the "files" section of RP-Rizal:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rp-rizal
Because of technical problems with the account it is not possible at
the moment to put it in HTML on the sister site, "Rizal's Life and
Writings" but this should take place sometime in the year.
The first novel NOLI ME TANGERE can be accessed at that site:
http://www.members.tripod.com/rizalslifewritings
Look there in the writings section.
We hope that his will be useful information for you.