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Girl with a Pearl Earring : A Novel by Tracy Chevalier is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Amazon.com ReviewWith precisely 35 canvases to his credit, the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer represents one of the great enigmas of 17th-century art. The meager facts of his biography have been gleaned from a handful of legal documents. Yet Vermeer's extraordinary paintings of domestic life, with their subtle play of light and texture, have come to define the Dutch golden age. His portrait of the anonymous Girl with a Pearl Earring has exerted a particular fascination for centuries--and it is this magnetic painting that lies at the heart of Tracy Chevalier's second novel of the same title.Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant--and ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model. Chevalier vividly evokes the complex domestic tensions of the household, ruled over by the painter's jealous, eternally pregnant wife and his taciturn mother-in-law. At times the relationship between servant and master seems a little anachronistic.

Who reads Girl with a Pearl Earring : A Novel?

Author

Tracy Chevalier

Publisher

Plume

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780452282155

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.85 / 5 (8,245 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14