Noli Me Tangere (The Social Cancer)

Sequel

(0 stars)

librivoxbooks

El Filibusterismo, the sequel to Noli Me Tangere, has been completed here by the same reader: https://archive.org/details/el_filibusterismo_2008_librivox

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

Great Reader, quite cute when she tries to speak some of the Filipino words.

Deep and Dark

(5 stars)

TwinkieToes

This is the story of Crisostomo Ibarra, who returns to the Philippines after being educated in Europe. He loves his native country and wants to help improve it, but it is full of corrupt and prejudiced priests and clergy, governmental officials, and pure-blooded Spaniards. His own father had been falsely accused of so many crimes, instigated by a priest, that he finally died in prison. Against this backdrop is the pure love of Maria Clara, his fiancee. There is mistreatment and downright abuse of children and women, the iron-fisted hold of the clergy on the people... all showing the abuses in colonial Philippines. No wonder this book was banned by the Philippine clergy, and the author was killed by a firing squad. It's a touching, heart-wrenching tale, but well worth the listen. Availle does a wonderful job of narrating. Not all words are pronounced correctly, as she's not a native English speaker, but the mess-ups add to its charm, IMO. She reads clearly and feelingly, but not overly dramatically. I rarely give 5 stars, but this is one of those rare times. And Availle, would you please read the sequel, El Filibusterismo? Gutenberg e-book #10676...