Max Havelaar

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Dutch novel novel socially engaged literature work

Max Havelaar is an 1860 Dutch novel by Multatuli that exposed and condemned the abuses of colonial rule in the Dutch East Indies and became a landmark of socially engaged literature.

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Label Occurrences
Max Havelaar canonical 14
Max Havelaar, of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij 2
"Max Havelaar" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
socially engaged literature work ⓘ
adaptationDirector Fons Rademakers ⓘ
adaptationTitle Max Havelaar self-link ⓘ
adaptationYear 1976 ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
author Multatuli ⓘ
authorRealName Multatuli ⓘ
surface form: Eduard Douwes Dekker
countryOfOrigin Netherlands ⓘ
criticizes Dutch colonial administration ⓘ
cultivation system in Dutch East Indies ⓘ
firstPublisher De Ruyter ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre anti‑colonial literature ⓘ
political novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasCharacter Batavus Droogstoppel ⓘ
Sjaalman ⓘ
Tine Havelaar ⓘ
hasCriticalReception controversial at time of publication ⓘ
later widely acclaimed ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle Max Havelaar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
hasInfluencedAuthors Dutch socially conscious writers ⓘ
Indonesian writers ⓘ
hasMotto “Ik wil gelezen worden” ⓘ
hasProtagonist Max Havelaar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Max Havelaar (character)
influenced Dutch colonial policy debates ⓘ
anti‑colonial discourse in the Netherlands ⓘ
isStudiedIn Dutch literature curricula ⓘ
postcolonial studies ⓘ
languageCode nl ⓘ
literaryMovement realism ⓘ
literarySignificance landmark of socially engaged literature ⓘ
milestone in Dutch literature ⓘ
mainSetting Dutch East Indies ⓘ
mainTheme abuses of colonial rule ⓘ
bureaucratic corruption ⓘ
critique of Dutch colonialism ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
narrativeStructure frame narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage Dutch ⓘ
publicationYear 1860 ⓘ
setIn Java ⓘ
subjectMatter coffee trade ⓘ
colonial exploitation of Javanese peasants ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted mid‑19th century ⓘ

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Cultivation System → criticizedInWork → Max Havelaar ⓘ
Max Havelaar → hasProtagonist → Max Havelaar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Max Havelaar (character)
Max Havelaar → adaptationTitle → Max Havelaar self-link ⓘ
Max Havelaar → hasEnglishTitle → Max Havelaar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Multatuli → notableWork → Max Havelaar ⓘ
Batavus Droogstoppel → appearsIn → Max Havelaar ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Max Havelaar"
Batavus Droogstoppel → characterIn → Max Havelaar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch novel "Max Havelaar"
Sjaalman → appearsIn → Max Havelaar ⓘ
Sjaalman → relatedWork → Max Havelaar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Max Havelaar, of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij
Tine Havelaar → fictionalUniverse → Max Havelaar ⓘ
Tine Havelaar → appearsIn → Max Havelaar ⓘ
Tine Havelaar → spouseOf → Max Havelaar ⓘ
Tine Havelaar → workTitle → Max Havelaar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Max Havelaar, of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij
Tine Havelaar → workShortTitle → Max Havelaar ⓘ
De Ruyter → publishedWork → Max Havelaar ⓘ
De Ruyter → notableWork → Max Havelaar ⓘ
subject surface form: Multatuli
Ideeën → relatedWork → Max Havelaar ⓘ
Multatuli Museum in Amsterdam → associatedWithWork → Max Havelaar ⓘ
Fons Rademakers → notableWork → Max Havelaar ⓘ
Fons Rademakers → directorOf → Max Havelaar ⓘ