The Reign of Greed
By José Rizal (translated by Charles E. Derbyshire)
Cover: El pescador de Sacag (19th century), oil on canvas by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo (1855-1913) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1913)
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The sequel to Rizal's Noli Me Tangere follows Simoun, a wealthy jeweller who returns to the Spanish Philippines with a plan. Charles Derbyshire's translation of a 1891 nationalist novel.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Table of contents
- 1: On the Upper Deck
- 2: On the Lower Deck
- 3: Legends
- 4: Cabesang Tales
- 5: A Cochero’s Christmas Eve
- 6: Basilio
- 7: Simoun
- 8: Merry Christmas!
- 9: Pilates
- 10: Wealth and Want
- 11: Los Baños
- 12: Placido Penitente
- 13: The Class in Physics
- 14: In the House of the Students
- 15: Señor Pasta
- 16: The Tribulations of a Chinese
- 17: The Quiapo Fair
- 18: Legerdemain
- 19: The Fuse
- 20: The Arbiter
- 21: Manila Types
- 22: The Performance
- 23: A Corpse
- 24: Dreams
- 25: Smiles and Tears
- 26: Pasquinades
- 27: The Friar and the Filipino
- 28: Tatakut
- 29: Exit Capitan Tiago
- 30: Juli
- 31: The High Official
- 32: Effect of the Pasquinades
- 33: La Ultima Razón
- 34: The Wedding
- 35: The Fiesta
- 36: Ben-Zayb’s Afflictions
- 37: The Mystery
- 38: Fatality
- 39: Conclusion