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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Observed surface forms (2)

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Max Havelaar (character)	1
Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company	1

Statements (47)

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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Max Havelaar → adaptationTitle → Max Havelaar self-link ⓘ

Cultivation System → criticizedInWork → Max Havelaar ⓘ

Max Havelaar → hasEnglishTitle → Max Havelaar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

Max Havelaar → hasProtagonist → Max Havelaar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Max Havelaar (character)

Multatuli → notableWork → Max Havelaar ⓘ