Max Havelaar (Library of the Indies) - Hardcover

"Multatuli"

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870233599 ISBN 13: 9780870233593

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, 1982

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About this title

About the Author:

Multatuli is the pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887). After 18 years of civil service in the Dutch East Indies, he returned to Europe in 1856 a disillusioned man. The way the natives were treated by their own as well as by the Dutch rulers offended him so much that he resigned after a public conflict. In his novel Max Havelaar he recorded his experiences. The book was published in 1860 and made him an instant success. Encouraged by this public acclaim, he decided to pursue a career as a writer. He became a sort of national conscience, inspiring emancipatory movements such as freethinkers, socialists and anarchists. Multatuli's career as a writer lasted exactly as long as his career as an official: 18 years. Then, once more profoundly disillusioned, he decided to give up writing and took refuge in Germany, where he died in February 1887.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0870233599
• ISBN 13: 9780870233593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400