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Gadis Pantai

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Set in the early 20th century during the Dutch colonial era in Java, Gadis Pantai is a masterpiece that critiques the rigid, oppressive Javanese feudal system and its systemic subjugation of women. The story follows a beautiful fourteen-year-old girl from a poor fishing village, known only as Gadis Pantai (The Girl from the Coast). Her life is abruptly upended when she is chosen to become a bendoro (noble)—a temporary, non-legal wife—to a wealthy aristocrat in the city.

Thrust into a cold, strictly hierarchical mansion, she must navigate the complex etiquette of the nobility while enduring psychological isolation. Although she eventually learns to adapt and gives birth to a daughter, she discovers that her status is entirely disposable. When the nobleman decides to marry a woman of equal aristocratic standing, Gadis Pantai is ruthlessly cast out of the mansion, stripped of her dignity, and forced to leave her newborn child behind.

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Call Number

4.810.0028.B.U

Publisher

Jakarta : Lentera Dipantara., 2003

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Language

Indonesia

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Classification

810

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Subject(s)

Kesusastraan Indonesia

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