Max Havelaar, 5th edition from 1881
Batavus Droogstoppel is the fictional author of the window story of Multatuli's masterpiece Max Havelaar. He is a caricature of the odd-like Dutch businessman who does not feel the least of what is happening in Dutch India.
He is a broker in coffee and he always repeats the address where he lives and wherever his office is located: Lauriergracht 37. He finds himself very brave and godly, but in the meanwhile he succeeds in finding the reader sympathetic .
Droogstoppel believes that one can never lie. He therefore does not like novels and plays because there are always things that have not really happened. Poems are even worse: because of rhyme and metrum there are falsehoods. Still, Droststoppel gets caught up in a lie: if he wants to get rid of Sjaalman, he says he has to go to the fair although it's after closing.
Dry Stopper Met Sjaalman for the first time in his teenage time. He was hit as a boy of sixteen with a much stronger Greek. The three-year-old Sjaalman shot him for help. Droogstoppel was free and went away, after which Sjaalman was beaten by the Greek. Droogstoppel did not interfere because, as a matter of principle, he does not interfere with other people's business.
Dry stubble is obvious that he is well. He behaves impeccably and goes well to church; For this he is rewarded by the Lord. It is therefore self-evident that Sjaalman is a street arm, after all, it is a nonsense. And the Javans do not even have the true faith, so let them choke. However, Droogstoppel does not seem to lose himself from another barrel when former former housekeeper Lukas comes into question. Luke was never noticeable, yet he is a street arm, and Droogstoppel knows exactly why it should be.
If Sjaalman gives something to a beggar, Droststoppel finds that criminal because Sjaalman itself has so little. Drying torch can afford to be more generous, but it's the least.
Of course, Droogstoppel will never read another's post. However, if he by chance sees a letter addressed to Sjaalman's wife, he thinks that the Lord has deliberately so arranged so that Droogstoppel can learn more about Sjaalman. He reads the letter.
At the end of the book, Multatuli writes an epilogue and an address to the King. He says goodbye to Droogstoppel with the words: Halt, miserable product of dirty money and Godslasterly femelary! ... I disgust my own creation, stuck in coffee, and disappear!
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