perfected spelling indonesian collection short stories written published contains stories seven previously published magazine introduction stories generally humorous nature presented shows strong east influences released response commercial success collection reprinted times received positive critical considered pioneer indonesian short story dutch scholar indonesian literature writes collection interesting contribution indonesian literature background short stories sketches recorded indonesia 1870s short story collection published early stories vernacular derived fairy tales detective fiction short story writing developed 1920s 1930s short stories sketches formal register widely published magazines collection short stories indonesian literary canon published collection commercial success selling copies read born teacher gained popularity writer detective fiction student experimented humorous story telling approaches including novel numerous short stories published commercial success sought release new short story collection contacted contents contains short stories sketches written seven initially written published remaining stories written especially new collection edition included article written previously published january issue excluded later mat mat perfected spelling mat follows young man named mat goes fishing riverside casts unable catch fish fourth cast hooks fish falls waters story published issue volume perfected spelling meaning follows mother goes port child meet husband arriving jam unable find later tells mother died days reaching story published issue volume meaning misunderstanding follows merchant travels singapore turning profit escort leaves goes nearby restaurant dinner asks replies wants eat exchange repeated times asks begin fighting police called arrive realize source confusion explain leave shortly incident repeated misunderstanding ice cube according previously published literature published indonesian magazines note publication meaning mistaken expectations follows respected man small village having daughters desperately wants son continuously wife pregnant months later begins labour busy praying son escaped criminal room wife women scream praises god goes room criminal escapes arrives asks son confused story published issue volume perfected spelling meaning clever falls describes incident involving old men wedding hosts pass man takes golden mortar crush boasts mortar somewhat sour second man takes silver mortar says silver taste sour left long man takes wooden mortar says having tried golden silver mortars concluded crushed wood tastes best story published issue volume meaning heart follows man official small village marries young woman years age married divorced times marriage long man leaves days holiday expensive set black clothing wear ceremonies accidentally left home pretending sick man goes asks cover clothing light fire warm starts fire kitchen man escapes black clothes story published issues volume perfected spelling meaning preaching brings disappointment follows student islam known driven village offering low bride price arriving new village taken islamic teacher hoping students goods importance charity soon receiving chickens fish married local woman meal gives sermon charity wife fight soon gives plates women nature revealed forced flee story published issues volume perfected spelling meaning tells criminal devoted prayers old age fellow goes asks abandoned criminal ways embraced islam tells visitor years previously friend travelling forests saw people burying box night dug box tried away hoping treasure opening box found contained body young child returned box abandoned life criminal story written perfected spelling meaning magical blanket follows man terrified wife sent buy blanket way home cigar burns hole blanket afraid wife buys blanket blanket given later week tries break fast early stealing found convinces cover head blanket evening having seen hole blanket demands stepfather double reveal secret story written meaning misunderstanding follows young boys indian boy madras boy nicknamed selling begin fighting owing inability understand begins fighting sales cry followed argument holy poison ivy ends indian boy poison ivy contempt according story written records published issue volume meaning billboards follows man woman compete offer lowest prices open shops days continually prices attract customers conflict reaches point decides buy competitor cost agrees sells advertising hears competitor singapore buy new follows ship revealed actually husband wife actually bought stock customers paid total story written meaning antics follows betting named introduce arab sailors convinces bet splitting purple winning reveals secret skins add count returns money sailors leave occasion young sailor thirty eggs chicken laid hatch sailor returns finds thirty chicks shocked gives later reveals friend narrator eggs hatched purchased story written style indonesian literary scholar writes vast majority stories meant comedy considers story intended sad stories use previously seen conflict arising misunderstanding contents stories similar wrote indonesian language based formal strongly influenced east background little influence language spoken java considers language flow easily author indonesian readings sees echo folk tale stories publication reception published series number collection title variously translated comrades wrestling word indonesian mean wrestle laugh identifying meaning laugh writes title meant indicate book intended entertainment purposes read spare time gained recognition pioneer indonesian short story subsequent decades commonly mentioned histories literary form collection reissued times printing introduced updated spelling illustrations recent edition published story reprinted indonesian readings student reader indonesian foreign language writes greatest strength description considers writer avoided descriptions instead new original descriptions metaphors turns phrase considers stories comic incidents overly complicated attributes previous activity detective genre dutch scholar indonesian literature finds sketches observed described interesting contribution indonesian literature explanatory notes
Kawan Bergeloet