Rizal's own story of his life
By Rizal, José
Classic work by Rizal, José.
Table of Contents
My Birth and Earliest Years in Kalamba I was born on Wednesday, the nineteenth of June, 1861. It was a few days before the full of the moon. I found myself in a village. I had som...
My Schooling in Biñan Biñan is a town about one and one-half hour's drive from my own town, Kalamba. My father was born in Biñan, and he wished me to go there to continue the stud...
My Daily Life in Biñan Many of us lived in the same house. There were my aunt, two cousins, and three half-cousins. My aunt was a very old lady, over seventy. She used to sit on t...
The Injustice Done My Mother (This chapter and the next one, Rizal wrote in 1879. At that time he was eighteen years old.) Some days after my return to Kalamba, my parents decide...
A Student in Manila As I had hoped, I was taken to the Jesuit priest at that time in charge of the Ateneo Municipal. He was Father Magin Fernando. At first he was unwilling to adm...
five or six generations that knew her always saw her young, fresh, sprightly, and pure. For many years now no one has seen her on Makiling. Her vapor figure no longer wanders thro...