Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (1868) - Hardcover

by Multatuli (Author), Eduard Douwes Dekker (Author), Alphonse Nahuys (Translator)

Max Havelaar: Or The Coffee Auctions Of The Dutch Trading Company is a novel written by Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker) and published in 1868. The book is a social critique of the Dutch colonial system in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) and the exploitation of the local population by the Dutch colonial authorities and their trading companies.The story is narrated by the titular character, Max Havelaar, a Dutch colonial administrator who becomes disillusioned with the corruption and injustice he witnesses in his job. Havelaar tries to expose the abuses of the colonial system to his superiors, but his efforts are met with resistance and he is eventually dismissed from his position.The novel also features a parallel narrative of the life of a Javanese woman named Sa�����djah and her lover Adinda, whose lives are disrupted by the Dutch exploitation of their land and people.Max Havelaar is considered a landmark work of Dutch literature and a seminal text in the development of Dutch colonial literature. It is also notable for its innovative narrative structure, which includes elements of metafiction and self-reflexivity. The book has been translated into numerous languages and has had a significant impact on Dutch and Indonesian literature and politics.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.