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Release date is 2010-03-06

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"Max Havelaar" by Multatuli is a novel published in 1860 that exposed the brutal realities of Dutch colonial rule in Java. When idealistic colonial administrator Max Havelaar attempts to fight a corrupt system exploiting Indonesian farmers, his story becomes a searing indictment of imperial power. Framed through the cynical perspective of a Dutch coffee broker and his romantic apprentice, the novel builds toward a direct plea to the Dutch king, ultimately sparking reforms that would reshape colonial policy and inspire future independence movements. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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