Learn Dutch · C1

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Literary Dutch: Max Havelaar

A short story in Dutch: Max Havelaar: Multatuli (fragment). Max Havelaar (1860) by Eduard Douwes Dekker (pen name: Multatuli) is considered the greatest Dutch novel. Words from the story:

wee gevoel
sickening / uneasy feeling
beschaafd
civilised / cultured
bemerken
to notice / to realise
welgesteld
well-off / prosperous
geroezemoes
murmur / hubbub / buzz

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