Ipaghiganti Mo Ako...!
1914 novel by Precioso Palma
Ipaghiganti Mo Ako...! ("Avenge Me…!") is a 1914 Tagalog-language novel written by Filipino novelist and dramatist Precioso Palma. The 207-page book was published in Manila by Limbagang Banahaw during the American era in Philippine history (1898-1946). The 1914 version of the novel has an afterword written by Julian C. Balmaceda.
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Ipaghiganti Mo Ako…! is a romance, war, historical, and political novel. The love story revolves around a couple named Pedring and Geli. As a war and historical novel, the time was set before, during, and after the Philippine–American War. It depicted the effects of war on the Filipino people. It is a political novel because, according to literary critic Soledad Reyes, Palma’s novel “offers one of the strongest indictments against American colonialism”.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17060004. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1914, 1898 and 1946.
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