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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli) (1820–1887)

Dekker, Eduard Douwes (dek’er). A Dutch novelist (1820–87), pseudonym “Multatuli”; born at Amsterdam. He spent several years in government service in the Dutch East Indies. His story ‘Max Havelaar’ (1860) is a shocking accusation of wrongs and scandals against the Dutch administration of Java. He later published ‘Parables’; a novel, ‘The Blessed Virgin’; and ‘The School of Princes.’ (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).