The Black Tulip : English and Arabic : Facing Page Format (Alexander Dumas)
Description
ISBN: None
Author: Alexander Dumas
Publisher: Dar al Bihar (1998)
Pages: 332 Binding: Paperback
Description from the publisher:
Bilingual English-Arabic version of “The Black Tulip”Dual language books. The English and Arabic pages are facing each other, matching one-on-one with English on the left page, Arabic on the right page. Easy reference for individuals not strong in one of the languages. Well known fiction titles for different interests and levels.Description of Book:The story begins with a historical event — the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen — considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity.The main plot line, involving fictional characters, takes place in the following eighteen months; only gradually does the reader understand its connection with the killing of the de Witt brothers.The city of Haarlem in The Netherlands has set a prize of 100,000 guilders to the person who can grow a black tulip, sparking competition between the country's best gardeners to win the money, honour and fame. The young and bourgeois Cornelius van Baerle has almost succeeded, but is suddenly thrown into the Loevestein prison. There he meets the prison guard's beautiful daughter Rosa, who will be his comfort and help, and at last his rescuer.The novel was originally published in three volumes in 1850 as La Tulipe Noire by Baudry (Paris).
These special, condensed novels are intended for English speakers to learn Arabic, by reading side by side versions of these simplified famous novels.