Max Havelaar is the work of Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker), published in 1860, is recognized as Dutch literature is very important because it pioneered a new style.
In Indonesia, this work is very much appreciated because for the first time this work is clearly and loudly exposes the plight of colonized people. Max Havelaar tells about the compulsory system that oppressed the natives in Lebak, Banten. Max Havelaar is a major work which is recognized as part of the world literature. In one part includes a play about Saidjah and very touching Lives reader's heart, so often quoted and the topic to be staged on the stage.
This novel was written by Multatuli only within a month in 1859 in a hostel in Belgium. A year later, in 1860 the novel was published for the first time.Hermann Hesse in a book entitled: Bibliothek Die Welt (World Library) included Max Havelaar in a reading series that is very admirable. Even Max Havelaar now required reading in schools in the Netherlands.
