About the book
A Dutch tulip grower is caught in a political conspiracy while trying to cultivate a rare black flower, with help from a resourceful young woman.
LibriVox recording; public domain in the United States.
Recorded by LibriVox volunteers. Audio hosted by the Internet Archive. Original recording and credits.
Listen chapter by chapter
- 01 - A Grateful People · 20 minutes
- 02 - The Two Brothers · 16 minutes
- 03 - The Pupil of John de Witt · 17 minutes
- 04 - The Murderers · 19 minutes
- 05 - The Tulip-fancier and his Neighbour · 18 minutes
- 06 - The Hatred of a Tulip-fancier · 15 minutes
- 07 - The Happy Man makes Acquaintance with Misfortune · 20 minutes
- 08 - An Invasion · 14 minutes
- 09 - The Family Cell · 9 minutes
- 10 - The Jailer's Daughter · 8 minutes
- 11 - Cornelius van Baerle's Will · 23 minutes
- 12 - The Execution · 6 minutes
- 13 - What was going on all this Time in the Mind of one of the Spectators · 8 minutes
- 14 - The Pigeons of Dort · 9 minutes
- 15 - The Little Grated Window · 12 minutes
- 16 - Master and Pupil · 12 minutes
- 17 - The First Bulb · 15 minutes
- 18 - Rosa's Lover · 11 minutes
- 19 - The Maid and the Flower · 13 minutes
- 20 - The Events which took place during those Eight Days · 16 minutes
- 21 - The Second Bulb · 14 minutes
- 22 - The Opening of the Flower · 11 minutes
- 23 - The Rival · 12 minutes
- 24 - The Black Tulip changes Masters · 9 minutes
- 25 - The President van Systens · 12 minutes
- 26 - A Member of the Horticultural Society · 16 minutes
- 27 - The Third Bulb · 15 minutes
- 28 - The Hymn of the Flowers · 14 minutes
- 29 - In which Van Baerle, before leaving Loewestein, settles Accounts with Gryphus · 13 minutes
- 30 - Wherein the Reader begins to guess the Kind of Execution that was awaiting Van Baerle · 6 minutes
- 31 - Haarlem · 14 minutes
- 32 - A Last Request · 8 minutes
- 33 - Conclusion · 11 minutes