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The great novel of the Philippines

Noli Me Tangere is Latin for "touch me not." In this modern classic of Filipino literature, Jos? Rizal exposes "matters . . . so delicate that they cannot be touched by anybody," unfolding an epic history of the Philippines that has made it that country's most influential... Read Full Overview

At the center of "Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)" by Philippine national hero Jos Rizal is the conflict against Spanish colonialism. The Philippines, which is named after King Philip II of Spain, was ruled by the Spanish empire as a colony from 1565 until the Philippine Revolution... Read Full Overview

A finales del s. XIX Jos Rizal, un joven mestizo filipino de 26 a os, intelectual, formado en Europa, un aut ntico rebelde o "filibustero" que, como suele suceder, ama y odia a la metr poli escribe esta novela-denuncia, levantando el "velo que oculta el mal, sacrific ndolo todo... Read Full Overview

Noli me tangere es el texto m s c lebre de Jos Rizal. En 1887 Rizal public esta novela sobre la sociedad filipina del siglo XIX en medio de su actividad pol tica. Pretend a denunciar los desmanes del gobierno espa ol y sus instituciones religiosas, a trav s de un relato... Read Full Overview

A scorching expos? of the Spanish government's corruption and abuses of power, this novel is famed as a catalyst to the Philippine Revolution. Noli Me T?ngere was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism written from the point... Read Full Overview

Noli me tangere es el texto m s c lebre de Jos Rizal. En 1887 Rizal public esta novela sobre la sociedad filipina del siglo XIX en medio de su actividad pol tica. Pretend a denunciar los desmanes del gobierno espa ol y sus instituciones religiosas, a trav s de un relato... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Touch Me Not (1887) is a novel by Jos Rizal. Published in Berlin, the novel was originally conceived as a collaborative project to be written by a group of Filipino nationalist writers living in Madrid. Disappointed in his comrades' lack of engagement, however, Rizal... Read Full Overview

La presente versi n de Noli Me Tangere fue corregida por Vicente Blasco Ib ez. Por ello difiere en ciertos pasajes de la edici n original.

Rizal escribi esta novela sobre la sociedad filipina del siglo XIX en medio de su actividad pol tica, y pretendi denunciar los... Read Full Overview