Max Havelaar; or, the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Multatuli
Read by John Greenman
Called "the Book that Killed Colonialism", Max Havelaar is an indictment of the Dutch colonial policies of the 1850s that were designed to exploit the native Indonesian masses.
In the novel, the protagonist, Max Havelaar, tries to battle against a corrupt government system in Java, which was then a Dutch colony.
Although the novel addresses issues of a bygone era, it is still hailed widely for its literary styles and expression of thought.
Translator Baron Alphonse Nahuÿs, compared Max Havelaar to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin for its exposure of the ill-treatment of a subject people by men intent on economic gain.
The book raised the awareness of Europeans at the time, that the wealth that they enjoyed was the result of suffering in other parts of the world.
Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer argued that by triggering these educational reforms, Max Havelaar was in turn responsible for the nationalist movement that ended Dutch colonialism in Indonesia after 1945, and which was instrumental in the call for decolonization in Africa and elsewhere in the world.
Thus, according to Pramoedya, Max Havelaar is "the book that killed colonialism".
Note: The author, Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker, used "Multatuli" as
a pen name. The German poem was read by Michael Grunze of Heidelberg, Germany.
(Summary by John Greenman and Wikipedia) (11 hr 41 min)
Chapters
Preface | 12:04 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter I | 16:13 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter II | 18:39 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter III | 15:47 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter IV | 31:53 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter V | 42:31 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter VI | 40:44 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter VII | 45:42 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter VIII | 45:39 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter IX | 29:21 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter X | 13:17 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter XI | 42:45 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter XII | 26:15 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter XIII | 33:01 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter XIV | 1:05:03 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter XV | 36:21 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter XVI | 40:03 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter XVII | 58:39 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter XVIII | 29:51 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter XIX | 23:00 | Read by John Greenman |
Chapter XX | 35:09 | Read by John Greenman |
Reviews
A great telling of a sad tale.
Chubber
I wish they provided a translation for the extensive French, German and Dutch passages.
Super!
Una
Richtig klass gelesen, read very well!