Rizal

• October, 1887 - He begun writing it in Calamba while practicing

  medicine.
• 1888

  • He made changes in the plot and revised the chapter already

  written. He wrote more chapters in Paris, Madrid, and Biarritz
• March 29, 1891 - He finished the manuscript in Biarritz after 3 years.
• September 18, 1891 - El Filibusterismo came off the press
• July 5, 1891 - Rizal left Brussels for Ghent
• Jose Alejandro - room mate of rizal in Ghent
• 3 months - Rizal lived frugally in ghent
• F. Meyer-Van Loo Press, no. 66 Viaanderen Street


  was willing to print his book on installment basis
• July 1891 -


  Rizal wrote a letter to Basa saying that if no money

  comes he will have to stop its publication
• August 6 - The printing had to be suspended, as Rizal feared,

  because he could no longer give the necessary funds to the

  printer
• September 18, 1891 - El Fili came off to Press
• He gratefully gave the original manuscript of El Fili and a printed

  copy with his autograph to -

  Valentin Ventura
• Rizal immediately sent 2 copies to Hongkong one for Basa and the

  other to Sixto Lopez
• The liberal Madrid newspaper, El Nuevo Regimen, serialized

  the novel in its issues of - October, 1891.
• Gomburza was Executed in Bagumabayan Field on the-

  February 17, 1872.
• 279 pages- pages of the original El fili manuscript
• Don Custodio,

  a pro-spanish Filipino holding a position inthe government
• Juanito Pelaez -


  Paulita’s futuring

  husband
• Cabesang Tales - who dispossessed of his land in

  Tiani by the friars like that of Rizal’s father; he became

  bandit chieftain “Matanglawin”
• Basilio- son of Sisa and

  promising medical

  student, whose medical

  education is financed by

  his patron, Capitan Tiago
• Paulita Gomez- beautiful

  niece of Tiburcio
• Tiburcio de Espadaña -

  who has deserted DoñaVictorina
• • Padre Sibyla – Vice Rector of UST
• •Capitan Tiago – patron of Basilio
• Characters from el fili in real life

  • Padre Florentino was Father Leoncio Lopez

  • Isagani was Vicente Ilustre

  • Paulita Gomez was Leonor Rivera
• Makamisa

  a tagalog novel written in light sarcastic style

  incomplete with only 2 chapter and consists of only of 20 pages
• Dapitan

  written in Ironic Spanish he wrote it while in Dapitan to depict the town life and custom and Consists of 8 pages
• Padre Camorra – spanish priest of Tiani
• Padre Salvi – Franciscan friar a former cura of SanDiego
• Padre Irene – a kind friar who was a friend to Filipino students
• Padre Florentino – a retired scholarly and patrioticFilipino priest
• •Quiroga – rich Chinese merchant
• Juli – the lover of Basilio
• •Makaraig – rich and leader of Filipino students in their movementto learn Spanish in the academy
• Padre Millon – teaches Physics in UST w/o experiments
• •Placido Penitente – student of Padre Millon who bacame disoriented bcause of the poor methods of instruction
• •Senor Pasta – old Filipino lawyer who refuses to help Filipino students in their advocacy
• •Tandang Selo – grandfather of Juli