The Reign of Greed

​

THE REIGN OF GREED

​

The Reign of Greed

A Complete English Version of El Filibusterismo
from the Spanish of

José Rizal

By
Charles Derbyshire

Manila
Philippine Education Company
1912

​

Copyright, 1912, by Philippine Education Company
Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London
Registrado en las Islas Filipinas

All rights reserved

​

CONTENTS

Chapter
Page
 
Translator's Introduction (not in original TOC)
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 v
I.
On the Upper Deck
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 1
II.
On the Lower Deck
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 14
III.
Legends
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 23
IV.
Cabesang Tales
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 30
V.
A Cochero's Christmas Eve
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 41
VI.
Basilio
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 48
VII.
Simoun
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 56
VIII.
Merry Christmas
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 69
IX.
Pilates
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 73
X.
Wealth and Want
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 76
XI.
Los Baños
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 88
XII.
Placido Penitente
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 104
XIII.
The Class in Physics
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 114
XIV.
In the House of the Students
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 127
XV.
Señor Pasta
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 139
XVI.
The Tribulations of a Chinese
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 148
XVII.
The Quiapo Fair
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 160
XVIII.
Legerdemain
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 166
XIX.
The Fuse
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 175
XX.
The Arbiter
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 187
XXI.
Manila Types
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 197
XXII.
The Performance
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 210
XXIII.
A Corpse
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 225
XXIV.
Dreams
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 233
XXV.
Smiles and Tears
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 245
​
XXVI.
Pasquinades
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 254
XXVII.
The Friar and the Filipino
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 261
XXVIII.
Tatakut
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 273
XXIX.
Exit Capitan Tiago
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 283
XXX.
Juli
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 288
XXXI.
The High Official
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 299
XXXII.
Effect of the Pasquinades
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 306
XXXIII.
La Ultima Razón
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 311
XXXIV.
The Wedding
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 320
XXXV.
The Fiesta
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 325
XXXVI.
Ban-Zayb's Afflictions
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 334
XXXVII.
The Mystery
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 341
XXXVIII.
Fatality
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 346
XXXIX.
Conclusion
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 352
 
Glossary (not in original TOC)
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 365

​

THE REIGN OF GREED

 This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content.

Original:

This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse

Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930.

This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.