A2inburgering level
Saïdjah en Adinda (Multatuli): Dutch Reader A2, volume 1
After the original by Multatuli, Max Havelaar, of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (1860).
- Volume
- 1
- Level
- A2
- pages
- 88
- words
- 3,000
- NT2Lex
- 92 percent of the words are A1 or A2 on the NT2Lex scale
- Out on
- 15 December 2026
About the book
The most famous love story in Dutch literature, rewritten so you can read it at A2. Saïdjah is a boy on Java. His father loses one buffalo after another to the district chief. Saïdjah leaves for the big city to earn money, and promises Adinda he will come back in thirty-six moons. Multatuli wrote this story in 1860 inside Max Havelaar, the book that changed how the Netherlands saw its colony. This edition tells it in short, clear Dutch for learners.
In het Nederlands
Het beroemdste liefdesverhaal uit de Nederlandse literatuur, herschreven op niveau A2. Korte zinnen, een woordenlijst na elk hoofdstuk, vragen met antwoorden en gratis audio via de QR-code. Geschikt voor inburgering (lezen A2), NT2-klassen en iedereen die na een beginnerscursus een echt boek wil lezen.
Who it is for
- Learners preparing for the inburgering A2 reading exam
- Anyone who finished a beginner course and wants a real book
- NT2 teachers who need a short classic for an A2 class
What is inside
- The full story in A2 Dutch: about 3,000 words in three chapters
- A glossary after every chapter (Dutch and English)
- Five questions per chapter, with answers
- Who's who and the names before you start
- The complete word list at the back
- A QR code to free audio for every chapter, read at learner speed
- One page from the original text, so you can see where the ladder leads
- 92 percent of the words are A1 or A2 on the NT2Lex scale; every other word is in the glossary