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    The Black Tulip (The French Classical Romances)
    The Black Tulip (The French Classical Romances)
    The Black Tulip (The French Classical Romances)
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    The Black Tulip (The French Classical Romances)

    By Alexandre Dumas

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    In the Netherlands, at the end of the seventeenth century, Cornelius Van Beagle is about to create a marvelous flower, a black tulip. Isaac Boxtel, the neighbor tries in every way to steal the precious bulbs. To achieve its purpose enters Cornelius' greenhouse and denounces his rival of having hidden the letters entrusted to him by Corneille de Witt, Governor of the Province. Van Beagle with a stratagem succeed to bring with them the precious bulbs in prison wrapping them in a sheet containing a message from the Governor...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMVP
    Release dateDec 12, 2018
    ISBN9782291062035
    The Black Tulip (The French Classical Romances)
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    Alexandre Dumas

    Frequently imitated but rarely surpassed, Dumas is one of the best known French writers and a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers. his other novels include The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask, which have sold millions of copies and been made into countless TV and film adaptions.

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    • 4/5
      Great story, it reminded me very much of the Count of Monte Cristo. However...A wrongfully persecuted man sent to prison chooses the path of love instead of revenge...The book showed you the extremes of humanity such as kindness and utter evil.
    • 5/5
      Although the deadly rivalry between two tulip-fanciers competing to win a prize for cultivating the rare flower of the title may not seem a gripping subject, this is a great little novel. The sentimentality is nicely done and well contrasted with quite a shocking and bloody opening to the novel.  I had never heard of this eponymous flower, but it does really exist, it seems. Quite a little gem.
    • 2/5
      There are many pictures in this book. So it’s like comic books and easy to read. But it’s not interesting so much for me. The end is good, but common.
    • 3/5
      There is a placard that be written “If you could bloom black tulip, you will get a lot of money”. So Cornelius try to bloom black tulip. This story is kind of sad because the good person sacrificed themself for bad person's desire.
    • 3/5
      This book was different than other classic Dumas stories. A bit more simple yet the whole fascination with tulips by the culture in Holland back in the day was intriguing. Overall I liked it. :)
    • 4/5
      I feel Rosa is very brave woman. Her action captivated Cornelius Van Baerle. Cornelius is good man. In this book, there are a lot of good men and a small number of bad person. By the way, I did not see black tulips. Recently, I am interested in growing flowers. So, if it exist in real, I want to see it!!
    • 3/5
      Cornelius Van Baerle really loves tulips. In the Netherlands, people tried to grow up a black tulip because if a black tulip grows up, he/she could get the prize, 100,000 guilders. Cornelius also tried to grow up, but...I like this story. I've already known about the Netherlands were famous for tulips. This story was according to it, so this story is interesting, I think.
    • 4/5
      Very entertaining. The way Dumas weaves his story plots never fails me. He is so intelligent and so are his heroes in his books. At first I was drawn to the title of the book because tulips are my favorite kind of flowers.This book is a short read yet you don't feel the story development is rushed. It has everything, suspense, romance, humor, etc. Characters are very well developed and I actually really am very fond of Gryphus character because he is very funny, haha!
    • 3/5
      In this book, good person had unlacky thing one after another. I was indignant at these incidents.I liked John and Cornelius De Witt. Why should they have been killed?Aoso, Cornelius Van Baerle was pure man, he only loved tulips. But he was arrested because of his neighbor's jealousy.The end of the story, I was recieved the ending.
    • 3/5
      There are many character.Cornelius Van Baerle, who is a rich and handsome man.He grow a black tulip.I had a deep fear. Because he was arrested!!And I think De Witt brothers are most poor.They are innocence. Only, they are friends of the French king. But, for the reasons, they are killed by people.The story can obtain the tension.I like this story.
    • 4/5
      Very good book.
    • 3/5
      Cornelius Van Baerle loves tulips very much.And he tries to grow black tulips.But he becomes a prisoner.I thought it was interesting.But I don't understand why Prince William believed Rosa.And De Witt brothers wewe too pitiful.
    • 3/5
      Two main chracter race to bloom the bluck tulip.A person who bloom the bluck tulip can recieve a lot of money.And this story contains a facter of love story.But the ending of this story was so called"Justice doesn't always win."
    • 4/5
      The main part of the novel is basically a sweet romance between the jailkeeper's daughter Rose and the innocent political prisoner Cornelius van Baerle. Before the romance takes place, however, the novel presents an extremely drastic account of the political murder of the brothers de Witt by a Dutch mob in 1672. While the murders highlight the threat the protagonist is living under, I found it a mood killer to what is otherwise a very Jane Eyre-like story.
    • 3/5
      This story is about a man who really loved tulips. He was arrested and about to be excuted, but his girlfriend saved him.Finally, they got married and had beautiful children and grow a lot of beautiful tulips.I think this story contains a few impossible points. However, some part of the story are thrilling and exciting.
    • 4/5
      I like this story. there are a lot of scene I could sympathize. This not only be a love story but also excited me. It was interesting to be think about boyh yhe whereabouts of the black tulip and the whereabouts of love.
    • 1/5
      Can't get into this book due to the language...long drawn out...may be how they spoke/wrote back then, but I find it is does not hold my interest.
    • 5/5
      Who would have thought that a book, with a simple plot about two rivals trying racing to be the first to grow a black tulip, could be so unputdownable? There are no lords and ladies, no swashbuckling heros, no evil cardinals or Miladys -- nothing but a darn good yarn, and a very sweet love story. Dumas is just brilliant (as always) and his dialogue (as always) is among the finest I've ever come across. A very quick, albeit enjoyable, read. Highly recommended.

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