# Max Havelaar

By Multatuli.

"Max Havelaar" by Multatuli is a novel published in 1860 that exposed the brutal realities of Dutch colonial rule in Java. When idealistic colonial administrator Max Havelaar attempts to fight a corrupt system exploiting Indonesian farmers, his story becomes a searing indictment of imperial power. Framed through the cynical perspective of a Dutch coffee broker and his romantic apprentice, the novel builds toward a direct plea to the Dutch king, ultimately sparking reforms that would reshape colonial policy and inspire future independence movements. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: German
- Translator: Wilhelm Spohr
- Subjects: Culture conflict -- Fiction; Colonies -- Oceania -- Fiction; Dutch -- Indonesia -- Fiction; Java (Indonesia) -- Fiction; Persona (Literature); Coffee industry -- Fiction

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