Zonder Lentera

Summary

A Chinese wijkmeester, the ward officer who collects taxes for the Dutch and is disliked by those he taxes, is drawn into a police case in Batavia. Kwee Tek Hoay's novel of 1930, in the Malay of the Peranakan Chinese, ends with the officer dismissed and the over-eager policeman demoted for blaming an innocent man. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.

Chapters (11)

1. 1. Bab I
2. 2. Bab II
3. 3. Bab III
4. 4. Bab IV
5. 5. Bab V
6. 6. Bab VI
7. 7. Bab VII
8. 8. Bab VIII
9. 9. Bab IX
10. 10. Bab X
11. 11. Penoetoep