Project Gutenberg 2010-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 339 Multatuli 1820 1887 Dekker, Eduard Douwes Spohr, Wilhelm 1868 1959 Spohr, W. (Wilhelm) Max Havelaar Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Havelaar 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.) "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.) Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. de Culture conflict -- Fiction Colonies -- Oceania -- Fiction Dutch -- Indonesia -- Fiction Java (Indonesia) -- Fiction Persona (Literature) Coffee industry -- Fiction PT Text DE Prosa Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 812682 2025-06-13T04:55:37.740632 text/html 846261 2023-01-09T13:49:53 text/html 365217 2025-06-13T04:55:51.562608 application/epub+zip 372253 2025-06-13T04:55:41.532605 application/epub+zip 372253 2025-06-13T04:55:39.436650 application/epub+zip 652074 2025-06-13T04:55:58.720514 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578107 2025-06-13T04:55:49.768554 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 551473 2022-09-14T12:19:55.053658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 704968 2025-06-13T04:55:35.010712 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 704818 2023-01-09T13:46:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20974 2025-06-13T04:55:58.890503 application/rdf+xml 11717 2025-06-13T04:55:40.047596 image/jpeg 3179 2025-06-13T04:55:39.744608 image/jpeg 268382 2023-01-09T13:51:57 application/octet-stream application/zip 293441 2023-01-09T13:52:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 352730 2025-06-13T04:55:37.813617 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog nl.wikipedia en.wikipedia