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Rizal's Own Story of His Life

José Rizal

Rizal's Own Story of His Life

Paper book: €11.99

Digital: €1.99

Original publication
1918
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
99
Difficulty
Medium
Genres
Biography and Autobiography, History
Moods
Meet a real life, Travel back in time, Think it through
Translated from
English

Book summary

In these texts gathered for the schoolchildren of the Philippines, José Rizal tells his own life: his childhood in Calamba, on the shore of a large lake, his mother teaching him to read in the evenings, the strict school in Biñan, then his success at college in Manila. Other pages tell of his travels, from Japan to England, and of his exile in Dapitan.

We get to know the national hero of the Philippines from the inside, with proverbs, riddles and a legend from his country as well.

Written in simple sentences, this little book is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

フィリピンの少年時代。大きな湖のほとりで育つ少年。夜には油ランプの明かりのもと、母が読み方を教えてくれる。

The world of the book

スペインの植民地。フィリピンは七千を超える島々からなるアジアの国。1870年ごろ、スペインの支配はすでに三百年続いていた。学校ではスペイン語で教えるが、子どもたちは家ではこの地方の言葉、タガログ語を話す。スペイン語を本当に身につける者はごくわずかだった。この1899年の写真では、米や果物を積んだ舟が首都マニラに着く。

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