Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_a_Javanese_Princess

Release date is 2011-02-08

Produced by Marc D'Hooghe

"Door duisternis tot licht: Gedachten over en voor het Javaansche volk" by Kartini is a posthumous collection of letters published in 1911. Written in Dutch between 1899 and 1904, these letters reveal the intimate thoughts of a young Javanese aristocrat confined to seclusion yet determined to engage with modern ideas. Kartini discusses politics, culture, and her aspirations for education and women's rights. Her correspondence, addressed to European friends, transformed her into a powerful symbol—claimed by both Dutch colonial reformers and Indonesian nationalists seeking their own awakening. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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