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Multatuli

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Eduard Douwes Dekker, better known by his pen name Multatuli, was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel Max Havelaar (1860), which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies. He is considered one of the Netherlands' greatest authors.

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Max Havelaar
Multatuli
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A Dutch idealist in 19th-century Java confronts the brutal hypocrisy of colonial rule and the corrupt coffee trade, sacrificing his own career to expose the systemic oppression of the native people.