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Title: Max Havelaar
Note: Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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Summary: "Max Havelaar" by Multatuli is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative centers around the character Max Havelaar, who is, in a sense, an alter ego of the author himself, Eduard Douwes Dekker. The book critiques the Dutch colonial system in Java and addresses themes of injustice and the exploitation inherent in colonialism. As a combination of fiction and social commentary, it aims to shed light on the plight of the Javanese people under Dutch rule. The opening of "Max Havelaar" introduces the narrator, Batavus Droogstoppel, a coffee broker in Amsterdam, who sets the stage by reflecting on the nature of truth and fiction. He expresses his disdain for novels and poetry, categorizing them as deceptive and detrimental to honest business practices. Through his humorous yet critical perspective, Droogstoppel presents himself as a man of integrity who values realism in both life and work. He reveals that he is writing this book not out of a desire to spin tales but to convey a certain reality, laying the groundwork for a narrative that will soon intertwine personal anecdotes with broader societal issues relating to colonialism and its consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Multatuli, 1820-1887
Translator: Spohr, Wilhelm, 1868-1959
EBook No.: 31527
Published: Mar 6, 2010
Downloads: 124
Language: German
Subject: Culture conflict -- Fiction
Subject: Colonies -- Oceania -- Fiction
Subject: Dutch -- Indonesia -- Fiction
Subject: Java (Indonesia) -- Fiction
Subject: Persona (Literature)
Subject: Coffee industry -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Max Havelaar
Note: Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https:
//www.pgdp.net
(This book was
produced from scanned images of public domain material
from the Google Print project.)
Summary: "Max Havelaar" by Multatuli is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative centers around the character Max Havelaar, who is, in a sense, an alter ego of the author himself, Eduard Douwes Dekker. The book critiques the Dutch colonial system in Java and addresses themes of injustice and the exploitation inherent in colonialism. As a combination of fiction and social commentary, it aims to shed light on the plight of the Javanese people under Dutch rule. The opening of "Max Havelaar" introduces the narrator, Batavus Droogstoppel, a coffee broker in Amsterdam, who sets the stage by reflecting on the nature of truth and fiction. He expresses his disdain for novels and poetry, categorizing them as deceptive and detrimental to honest business practices. Through his humorous yet critical perspective, Droogstoppel presents himself as a man of integrity who values realism in both life and work. He reveals that he is writing this book not out of a desire to spin tales but to convey a certain reality, laying the groundwork for a narrative that will soon intertwine personal anecdotes with broader societal issues relating to colonialism and its consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Multatuli, 1820-1887
Translator: Spohr, Wilhelm, 1868-1959
EBook No.: 31527
Published: Mar 6, 2010
Downloads: 124
Language: German
Subject: Culture conflict -- Fiction
Subject: Colonies -- Oceania -- Fiction
Subject: Dutch -- Indonesia -- Fiction
Subject: Java (Indonesia) -- Fiction
Subject: Persona (Literature)
Subject: Coffee industry -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.