La Tulipe Noire by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
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"La Tulipe Noire" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is a novel published in 1850. Set during the turbulent year of 1672 in the Dutch Republic, the story follows Cornélius van Baerle, an aspiring horticulturist obsessed with cultivating a black tulip to win a substantial prize. When political upheaval leads to his imprisonment for possessing his godfather's compromising letters, he finds himself aided by Rosa, his jailer's daughter. Meanwhile, his jealous neighbor
Isaac Boxtel schemes to steal his botanical achievement and claim the reward for himself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 |
|---|---|
| Author | Maquet, Auguste, 1813-1888 |
| Title | La Tulipe Noire |
| Note |
Abridged edition See Also: #965, Full-length English Edition See Also: #26504, Latin-1, UTF-8, and HTML Edition |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tulipe_noire_(roman) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Tulip Mania, 1634-1637 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Witt, Johan de, 1625-1672 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Netherlands -- History -- 1648-1714 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1910 |
| Release Date | Sep 1, 1999 |
| Last Update | Jun 20, 2015 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 389 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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