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Author: Alexandre Dumas Publisher: Delphi Classics ISBN: 1786569051 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 183
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This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Black Tulip’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Alexandre Dumas’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Dumas includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Black Tulip’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Dumas’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
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The Bilingual Library presents the world’s classics in parallel text. Each page in the original language is mirrored by its English translation on the facing page. The Black Tulip—La Tulipe noire is presented in English-French parallel text, complete and unabridged with over 30 illustrations. The Black Tulip is a tale of intrigue and mania, art and beauty, cruel injustice and the healing power of love. Cornelius van Baerle’s ruling passion is tulips. Falsely accused by his rival, Cornelius is condemned to a life in prison. There, with the secret help of the jailer’s daughter, he tries to grow a mythical black tulip. With an introduction by series editor D. Bannon. A member of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) and the American Translators Association (ATA), Bannon has been translating since 1987.
Author: Alexandre Dumas Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781507656273 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 298
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The story begins with a historical event - the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen - considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity.The main plot line, involving fictional characters, takes place in the following eighteen months; only gradually does the reader understand its connection with the killing of the de Witt brothers.The city of Haarlem, Netherlands, has set a prize of f100,000 to the person who can grow a black tulip, sparking competition between the country's best gardeners to win the money, honour and fame. Only the city's oldest citizens remember the Tulip Mania thirty years prior, and the citizens throw themselves into the competition. The young and bourgeois Cornelius van Baerle has almost succeeded but is suddenly thrown into the Loevestein prison. There he meets the prison guard's beautiful daughter Rosa, who will be his comfort and help, and eventually become his rescuer.The novel was originally published in three volumes in 1850 as La Tulipe Noire by Baudry (Paris).