Black Tulip

Author: Alexandre Dumas
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The noble and upright Gaillardais is studying to create a new variety of tulips—the black tulip. His neighbor, Box, is also a tulip breeder, but he is base and treacherous. Just as Gaillardais is about to succeed, he informs the authorities that his adoptive father once entrusted him with a government-against document, leading to Gaillardais being imprisoned. In prison, he falls in love sincerely with Rosa, the daughter of a prison guard. He then entrusts the precious black tulip bulbs he secretly brought into prison to Rosa to cultivate. Under Rosa's meticulous care, the black tulip finally blooms. But unexpectedly, Box steals the black tulip, and his final plot is exposed, leading to his death by disgrace.