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Max Havelaar; or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (Dutch: Max Havelaar; of, De koffi-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappy) is an 1860 novel by Multatuli (the pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), which played a key role in shaping and modifying Dutch colonial policy in the Dutch East Indies in the nineteenth and early ...
- Multatuli, D. H. Lawrence, Roy Edwards, E. M. Beekman
- 1860
Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 1820 – 19 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin multa tulī, "I have suffered much"), was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel Max Havelaar (1860), which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia ).
Aug 13, 2019 · Learn how Multatuli's 1860 masterpiece exposed the injustices of Dutch colonial rule in Indonesia and inspired a new edition in 1948. Explore the British Library's collection of editions, translations and adaptations of Max Havelaar.
Feb 25, 2023 · Max Havelaar bears evidence of having been written by a genius of that order which only appears at long intervals in the world’s history. His mind embraces in its intellectual compass all mankind, regardless of race or caste.
Feb 1, 2004 · Max Havelaar by Multatuli. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- Multatuli, 1820-1887
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His Max Havelaar became the most famous and most controversial Dutch prose work of all times, translated world-wide into thirty-four languages, amongst which are the Indonesian translation by H.B. Jassin in 1972 and most recently a Korean translation.
Max Havelaar - a Dutch civil servant in Java - burns with an insatiable desire to end the ill treatment and oppression inflicted on the native peoples by the colonial administration. Max is an inspirational figure, but he is also a flawed idealist whose vow to protect the Javanese from cruelty ends in his own downfall.
