Project Gutenberg 2006-07-18 Public domain in the USA. 166 Rivera, Jose Maria 1882 Esperanza Reading ease score: 69.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Tamiko I. Camacho, Pilar Somoza, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Handog ng Proyektong Gutenberg ng Pilipinas para sa pagpapahalaga ng panitikang Pilipino. (http://www.gutenberg.ph) "Esperanza" by Jose Maria Rivera is a Tagalog social play written in the early 20th century. The text explores themes of hope, redemption, and the struggles of the impoverished. It tells the story of Artemio and Esperanza, a couple grappling with personal and societal challenges, while reflecting on the conditions of life for the Filipino people during that period. The play unfolds in a single act, focusing on the lives of Artemio and Esperanza as they navigate economic hardship and family expectations. Artemio falls ill, and Esperanza's concern for his well-being is central to the narrative. As their friends visit, dialogues reveal the hardships they face, interspersed with moments of tension when outsiders attempt to disrupt their lives. Ultimately, a transformative event occurs when Esperanza inherits a fortune from a deceased relative, prompting a reevaluation of her situation and relationships. The play concludes on a hopeful note, emphasizing the possibility of personal change and the power of love and forgiveness amidst adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) tl Tagalog drama PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 56772 56777 2024-10-08T10:10:13.500577 2023-09-08T11:20:57.532895 text/html text/html 55313 2006-07-18T07:31:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 135511 2006-07-18T07:31:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 142343 2024-10-08T10:10:15.908578 application/epub+zip 139984 2024-10-08T10:10:13.943592 application/epub+zip 46648 2024-10-08T10:10:13.702581 application/epub+zip 184798 2024-10-08T10:10:17.570581 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 177995 2024-10-08T10:10:15.616696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85977 2022-09-09T06:13:13.532929 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38948 38710 2024-10-08T10:10:13.262592 2023-09-08T11:20:57.321844 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 38714 2006-07-18T07:31:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 14294 2006-07-18T07:31:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18857 2024-10-08T10:10:17.694563 application/rdf+xml 19481 2024-10-08T10:10:13.759585 image/jpeg 3289 2024-10-08T10:10:13.730579 image/jpeg 145679 2024-10-08T10:10:13.514579 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog