Door duisternis tot licht: Gedachten over en voor het Javaansche volk by Kartini

"Door duisternis tot licht: Gedachten over en voor het Javaansche volk" by Kartini is a posthumous collection of letters published in 1911. Written in Dutch between 1899 and 1904, these letters reveal the intimate thoughts of a young Javanese aristocrat confined to seclusion yet determined to engage with modern ideas. Kartini discusses politics, culture, and her aspirations for education and women's rights. Her correspondence, addressed to European friends, transformed her into a powerful symbol—claimed by both Dutch colonial reformers and Indonesian nationalists seeking their own awakening. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Kartini, Raden Adjeng, 1879-1904
Title Door duisternis tot licht: Gedachten over en voor het Javaansche volk
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_a_Javanese_Princess
Credits Produced by Marc D'Hooghe
Reading Level Reading ease score: 69.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language Dutch
LoC Class DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
LoC Class HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender
Subject Kartini, Raden Adjeng, 1879-1904 -- Correspondence
Subject Feminists -- Indonesia -- Java -- Correspondence
Subject Women -- Indonesia -- Java -- Social conditions
Category Text
EBook-No. 35220
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Most Recently Updated Mar 20, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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