Multatuli, 1820-1887

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Havelaar Release date is 2010-03-06

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Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was
produced from scanned images of public domain material
from the Google Print project.)

"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.)



Culture conflict -- Fiction Colonies -- Oceania -- Fiction Dutch -- Indonesia -- Fiction Java (Indonesia) -- Fiction Persona (Literature) Coffee industry -- Fiction

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