The Black Tulip

Flowers for the lady? When Cornelius van Baerle seeks to grow a rare black tulip he takes the notion to a new height. Originally grown for its beauty, the black blossom is worth a fortune in a contest held in the Netherlands. For Cornelius, the promise of wealth pales before his love for Rosa.

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• 1: A Grateful People
• 2: The Two Brothers
• 3: The Pupil of John de Witt
• 4: The Murderers
• 5: The Tulip-fancier and his Neighbour
• 6: The Hatred of a Tulip-fancier
• 7: The Happy Man makes Acquaintance with Misfortune
• 8: An Invasion
• 9: The Family Cell
• 10: The Jailer's Daughter
• 11: Cornelius van Baerle's Will
• 12: The Execution
• 13: What was going on all this Time in the Mind of one of the Spectators
• 14: The Pigeons of Dort
• 15: The Little Grated Window
• 16: Master and Pupil
• 17: The First Bulb
• 18: Rosa's Lover
• 19: The Maid and the Flower
• 20: The Events which took place during those Eight Days
• 21: The Second Bulb
• 22: The Opening of the Flower
• 23: The Rival
• 24: The Black Tulip changes Masters
• 25: The President van Systens
• 26: A Member of the Horticultural Society
• 27: The Third Bulb
• 28: The Hymn of the Flowers
• 29: In which Van Baerle, before leaving Loewestein, settles Accounts with Gryphus
• 30: Wherein the Reader begins to guess the Kind of Execution that was awaiting Van Baerle
• 31: Haarlem
• 32: A Last Request
• 33: Conclusion