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In 1838 Multatuli went to the Dutch East Indies
where he held a number of government posts until 1856
he was not supported by the colonial government in his attempts to protect the Javanese from their own chiefs
The conversational style and type of humor were far in advance of Multatuli’s time
and the book long remained a solitary phenomenon in the Netherlands
Apart from Minnebrieven (1861; “Love Letters”), a fictitious romantic correspondence between Multatuli
in which he gives his anachronistically radical views on woman’s position in society and on education
Included in the Ideën is his autobiographical novel Woutertje Pieterse
400 Aerobic-athletes from a total of 13 countries performed for the strict judges at the weekend at the FISAF European Championships in Lloret de Mar (Spain)
Performing with supreme confidence and perfect technique
Rita Niemi from Finland won the individual title
beating Silvie Galikova (CZE) and Denisa Baresova (CZE)
In the men's competition Jonatan Cananda fron Spain
beating the world champion Jan Pochobradski
who had been in the lead up to the semi-final. Jouni Vitanen (FIN) came third. Krystina Prochazkova and Pavel Sirotek came top in the pairs
while the trio and group competitions were won by strong Czech teams
The Czech team won the title in the team competition
Katrin Engel (r.) and Dirk Engel-Korus (l.) outside the gymnasium in Spain