Max Havelaar

1860 novel by Multatuli, which played a key role in modifying Dutch colonial policy

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Max Havelaar

1860 novel by Multatuli, which played a key role in modifying Dutch colonial policy

Max Havelaar; or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (Dutch: Max Havelaar; of, De koffiveilingen der Nederlandsche Handelmaatschappij) 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 twentieth century. In the novel, the protagonist, Max Havelaar, tries to battle against a corrupt government system in Java, which was then a Dutch colony.

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Max Havelaar; or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (Dutch: Max Havelaar; of, De koffiveilingen der Nederlandsche Handelmaatschappij) 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 twentieth century. In the novel, the protagonist, Max Havelaar, tries to battle against a corrupt government system in Java, which was then a Dutch colony. The novel's opening line is famous: "Ik ben makelaar in koffie, en woon op de Lauriergracht, Nº 37." ("I am a coffee broker, and live on the Lauriergracht, Nº 37.").

Text: Wikipédia, CC BY-SA 4.0. · Image: Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887), Unknown authorUnknown auth... (Public domain) ·

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