Noli Me Tangere, the novel that ignited the Philippine national consciousness. Through the homecoming of the idealist Ibarra, Rizal dissects the “social cancer” of colonial rule — friar power, corrupted institutions, and a people taught to despise themselves — and asks whether reform or revolution can heal it.
64 chapters · Public domain
1
I — A Social Gathering
~21 min · 10 pages
›2
II — Crisostomo Ibarra
~5 min · 3 pages
›3
III — The Dinner
~8 min · 4 pages
›4
IV — Heretic and Filibuster
~13 min · 6 pages
›5
V — A Star in a Dark Night
~4 min · 2 pages
›6
VI — Capitan Tiago
~22 min · 10 pages
›7
VII — An Idyl on an Azotea
~17 min · 8 pages
›8
VIII — Recollections
~9 min · 5 pages
›9
IX — Local Affairs
~8 min · 4 pages
›10
X — The Town
~6 min · 3 pages
›11
XI — The Rulers
~9 min · 4 pages
›12
XII — All Saints
~8 min · 4 pages
›13
XIII — Signs of Storm
~6 min · 3 pages
›14
XIV — Tasio: Lunatic or Sage
~15 min · 7 pages
›15
XV — The Sacristans
~7 min · 3 pages
›16
XVI — Sisa
~10 min · 5 pages
›17
XVII — Basilio
~9 min · 4 pages
›18
XVIII — Souls in Torment
~11 min · 5 pages
›19
XIX — A Schoolmaster's Difficulties
~18 min · 9 pages
›20
XX — The Meeting in the Town Hall
~19 min · 8 pages
›21
XXI — The Story of a Mother
~13 min · 6 pages
›22
XXII — Lights and Shadows
~6 min · 3 pages
›23
XXIII — Fishing
~21 min · 9 pages
›24
XXIV — In the Wood
~20 min · 9 pages
›25
XXV — In the House of the Sage
~21 min · 11 pages
›26
XXVI — The Eve of the Fiesta
~13 min · 6 pages
›27
XXVII — In the Twilight
~12 min · 6 pages
›28
XXVIII — Correspondence
~12 min · 6 pages
›29
XXIX — The Morning
~9 min · 5 pages
›30
XXX — In the Church
~7 min · 4 pages
›31
XXXI — The Sermon
~17 min · 9 pages
›32
XXXII — The Derrick
~17 min · 8 pages
›33
XXXIII — Free Thought
~6 min · 3 pages
›34
XXXIV — The Dinner
~17 min · 8 pages
›35
XXXV — Comments
~10 min · 5 pages
›36
XXXVI — The First Cloud
~6 min · 3 pages
›37
XXXVII — His Excellency
~14 min · 7 pages
›38
XXXVIII — The Procession
~8 min · 4 pages
›39
XXXIX — Doña Consolacion
~17 min · 8 pages
›40
XL — Right and Might
~14 min · 6 pages
›41
XLI — Two Visits
~3 min · 2 pages
›42
XLII — The Espadañas
~21 min · 10 pages
›43
XLIII — Plans
~5 min · 2 pages
›44
XLIV — An Examination of Conscience
~10 min · 5 pages
›45
XLV — The Hunted
~11 min · 5 pages
›46
XLVI — The Cockpit
~17 min · 8 pages
›47
XLVII — The Two Señoras
~9 min · 4 pages
›48
XLVIII — The Enigma
~4 min · 2 pages
›49
XLIX — The Voice of the Hunted
~18 min · 8 pages
›50
L — Elias's Story
~13 min · 7 pages
›51
LI — Exchanges
~6 min · 3 pages
›52
LII — The Cards of the Dead and the Shadows
~7 min · 4 pages
›53
LIII — Il Buon Dí Si Conosce Da Mattina
~10 min · 5 pages
›54
LIV — Revelations
~10 min · 4 pages
›55
LV — The Catastrophe
~10 min · 5 pages
›56
LVI — Rumors and Beliefs
~11 min · 5 pages
›57
LVII — Vae Victis!
~13 min · 6 pages
›58
LVIII — The Accursed
~6 min · 3 pages
›59
LIX — Patriotism and Private Interests
~15 min · 7 pages
›60
LX — Maria Clara Weds
~19 min · 9 pages
›61
LXI — The Chase on the Lake
~12 min · 6 pages
›62
LXII — Padre Damaso Explains
~6 min · 3 pages
›63
LXIII — Christmas Eve
~14 min · 6 pages
›64
Epilogue
~9 min · 4 pages
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