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RIZAL AS A NOVELIST

"Rizal's fame as a novelist rests on his two published novels -- Noli Me


Tangere and El Filibusterismo. These 2 novels are the gems of Philippine
literature. They portray the miserable conditions of our country under Spanish
rule -- the brutalities of Spanish officials and sufferings of our oppressed
people.
By reading them, our patriots were inspired in 1896 to rise in arms against
Spain and fight for our freedom. Rizal tried to write a third novel. He began
writing his third novel in October, 1891, during his sea voyage from Marseilles
to Hong Kong. He failed to finish this third novel which had no title.
The hero of Rizal's unfinished third novel was "Kamandagan", a descendant
of Lakan Dula, last Filipino king of Tondo. "Kamandagan" planned to
overthrow Spanish rule and regain the lost freedom of our people.

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