# Black Tulip

An audiobook by Alexandre Dumas, read by LibriVox volunteers (7 h 34 min, English).

The Black Tulip, written by Alexandre Dumas père and published in 1850, is a historical novel placed in the time of Tulipmania in the Netherlands. The novel begins with the 1672 politically motivated mob lynching of the de Witt brothers and then follows the story of Cornelius van Baerle, godson of Cornelius de Wit. Cornelius Van Baerle has joined the race to breed a truly black tulip – and to win the prize of 100,000 guilders, as well as fame and honour. As he nears his goal he is jailed and then of course rescued – by the beautiful Rosa, daughter of the jailer.

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## Chapters

1. 01 - A Grateful People (20:27): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_01_dumas_64kb.mp3
2. 02 - The Two Brothers (16:48): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_02_dumas_64kb.mp3
3. 03 - The Pupil of John de Witt (17:26): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_03_dumas_64kb.mp3
4. 04 - The Murderers (19:05): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_04_dumas_64kb.mp3
5. 05 - The Tulip-fancier and his Neighbour (18:24): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_05_dumas_64kb.mp3
6. 06 - The Hatred of a Tulip-fancier (15:04): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_06_dumas_64kb.mp3
7. 07 - The Happy Man makes Acquaintance with Misfortune (20:45): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_07_dumas_64kb.mp3
8. 08 - An Invasion (14:14): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_08_dumas_64kb.mp3
9. 09 - The Family Cell (9:19): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_09_dumas_64kb.mp3
10. 10 - The Jailer's Daughter (8:38): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_10_dumas_64kb.mp3
11. 11 - Cornelius van Baerle's Will (23:33): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_11_dumas_64kb.mp3
12. 12 - The Execution (6:52): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_12_dumas_64kb.mp3
13. 13 - What was going on all this Time in the Mind of one of the Spectators (8:36): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_13_dumas_64kb.mp3
14. 14 - The Pigeons of Dort (9:23): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_14_dumas_64kb.mp3
15. 15 - The Little Grated Window (12:37): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_15_dumas_64kb.mp3
16. 16 - Master and Pupil (12:49): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_16_dumas_64kb.mp3
17. 17 - The First Bulb (15:41): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_17_dumas_64kb.mp3
18. 18 - Rosa's Lover (11:44): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_18_dumas_64kb.mp3
19. 19 - The Maid and the Flower (13:50): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_19_dumas_64kb.mp3
20. 20 - The Events which took place during those Eight Days (16:46): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_20_dumas_64kb.mp3
21. 21 - The Second Bulb (14:50): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_21_dumas_64kb.mp3
22. 22 - The Opening of the Flower (11:52): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_22_dumas_64kb.mp3
23. 23 - The Rival (12:47): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_23_dumas_64kb.mp3
24. 24 - The Black Tulip changes Masters (9:03): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_24_dumas_64kb.mp3
25. 25 - The President van Systens (12:28): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_25_dumas_64kb.mp3
26. 26 - A Member of the Horticultural Society (16:06): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_26_dumas_64kb.mp3
27. 27 - The Third Bulb (15:59): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_27_dumas_64kb.mp3
28. 28 - The Hymn of the Flowers (14:49): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_28_dumas_64kb.mp3
29. 29 - In which Van Baerle, before leaving Loewestein, settles Accounts with Gryphus (13:49): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_29_dumas_64kb.mp3
30. 30 - Wherein the Reader begins to guess the Kind of Execution that was awaiting Van Baerle (6:46): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_30_dumas_64kb.mp3
31. 31 - Haarlem (14:00): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_31_dumas_64kb.mp3
32. 32 - A Last Request (8:48): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_32_dumas_64kb.mp3
33. 33 - Conclusion (11:02): https://archive.org/download/black_tulip_gtv_librivox/blacktulip_33_dumas_64kb.mp3