The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
By José Rizal (translated by Charles E. Derbyshire)
Cover: La Bulaqueña (1895), oil on canvas by Juan Luna (1857-1899) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1899)
Returning to Manila after seven years in Europe, Crisostomo Ibarra finds his father dead and the colony ruled by friars. Jose Rizal's 1887 novel, in this early English version, helped start the Philippine revolution.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Table of contents
- 1: A Social Gathering
- 2: Crisostomo Ibarra
- 3: The Dinner
- 4: Heretic and Filibuster
- 5: A Star in a Dark Night
- 6: Capitan Tiago
- 7: An Idyl on an Azotea
- 8: Recollections
- 9: Local Affairs
- 10: The Town
- 11: The Rulers
- 12: All Saints
- 13: Signs of Storm
- 14: Tasio: Lunatic or Sage
- 15: The Sacristans
- 16: Sisa
- 17: Basilio
- 18: Souls in Torment
- 19: A Schoolmaster's Difficulties
- 20: The Meeting in the Town Hall
- 21: The Story of a Mother
- 22: Lights and Shadows
- 23: Fishing
- 24: In the Wood
- 25: In the House of the Sage
- 26: The Eve of the Fiesta
- 27: In the Twilight
- 28: Correspondence
- 29: The Morning
- 30: In the Church
- 31: The Sermon
- 32: The Derrick
- 33: Free Thought
- 34: The Dinner
- 35: Comments
- 36: The First Cloud
- 37: His Excellency
- 38: The Procession
- 39: Doña Consolacion
- 40: Right and Might
- 41: Two Visits
- 42: The Espadañas
- 43: Plans
- 44: An Examination of Conscience
- 45: The Hunted
- 46: The Cockpit
- 47: The Two Señoras
- 48: The Enigma
- 49: The Voice of the Hunted
- 50: Elias's Story
- 51: Exchanges
- 52: The Cards of the Dead and the Shadows
- 53: Il Buon Dí Si Conosce Da Mattina
- 54: Revelations
- 55: The Catastrophe
- 56: Rumors and Beliefs
- 57: Vae Victis!
- 58: The Accursed
- 59: Patriotism and Private Interests
- 60: Maria Clara Weds
- 61: The Chase on the Lake
- 62: Padre Damaso Explains
- 63: Christmas Eve