大仲马《黑色郁金香》

The Black Tulip

《黑郁金香》

Alexandre Dumas

亚历山大·仲马

Synopsis

The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre depicted a love story between a young men and a young lady in 17th century’ bourgeois revolution of Holland where was full of fierce politic warfare and turbulent life; Baerle, who was a doctor, was arrested and put into prison for some reason. Rosa was the warder’s daughter. In prison, they fell in love with each other. Their love was holy and sincere. They cooperated and cultivated a new breed of tulip-black tulip.

故事梗概

大仲马所著小说《黑郁金香》以十七世纪荷兰资产阶级革命时期激烈的政治斗争与动荡生活为背景，描写一对青年男女的爱情故事：医生拜尔勒因故被捕入狱，在狱中与看守的女儿萝莎发生纯洁、真挚的感情，二人合作，培育出黑郁金香。

Comment

● The content of this book is vivid, intensive and full of attraction.

● The plot of shortening edition is fairly centralized and condensed.

● The book only uses 1500 common English words for narrative. The language is easy and fluently, with many dialogues.

● The simpilied edition of this novel is suitable for the students of high school, freshman and sophomores, and self-study people with middling English level.

评价

○ 内容生动紧张，富有吸引力；

○ 这个简写本的故事情节比较集中、紧凑；

○ 在语言方面，仅用一千五百个英语常用词叙述，浅易流畅，对话甚多；

○ 此书的简写本可供高中和大学一、二年级学生或具有中等英语水平的自学者阅读。

Introduction of Author

● Name: Alexandre Dumas

● Nationality: French

● Age: 1802-1870

● Position: Novelist and playwright of the romantic period in 19 th century

● School:Optimistic Romantic

● Style: His novels deserve Historical Thriller Fiction. Unusual ideal heroes, rapidly developing story plots, intensive fighting actions, clear and complete structure, lifelike and strong words, and flexible and witty dialogue, all of these constitute the characteristic of Dumas’ Novels.

●Some other masterpieces:

-Historical novels

The Three Musketeers (1844- 1846)

The Count of Monte-Cristo (1844- 1846).

-Drama

Henry III and His Court 1829

Christine 1830

作者简介

○ 姓名：亚历山大·仲马

○ 国籍：法国

○ 年龄：1802-1870

○ 地位：19世纪浪漫主义时期的小说家和剧作家

○ 流派：积极浪漫主义派

○ 风格：大仲马的小说堪称历史惊险小说。异乎寻常的理想英雄，急剧发展 的故事情节，紧张的打斗动作，清晰明朗的完整结构，生动有力的语言，灵活机智的对话等构成了大仲马小说的特色。

○一些其它著名作品：

-历史小说

《三个火枪手》或译《三剑客》(1844- 1846)

《基督山伯爵》(1844- 1846).

-戏剧

《享利第三及其宫廷》1829

《克里斯汀》1830