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Max Havelaar

Multatuli Original title Max Havelaar, of de koffie-veilingen der Nederlandse Handel-Maatschappij , of de koffiveilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappy (Dutch, 1860)

Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company is an 1860 novel by Multatuli , 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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“One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture”

Multatuli book Max Havelaar

Multatuli, Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

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“Since I have the obligation to take care of the needs of my family, I have decided to use a talent which, I believe, has been given to me. I am a poet… Phew! You know, reader, what I and all sensible people think about that.”

Multatuli book Max Havelaar

Multatuli, Max Havelaar, Ch. 3, p. 44

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