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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth
Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.
History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.
Book Details
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Publish Date: Jan 1st, 2001
- Pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.60in - 5.00in - 0.80in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9780452282155
- Recommended age: 18-UP
- Categories: • Historical - General• Literary• Biographical & Autofiction
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Finished reading my first historic fiction Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. The story is about Johannes Vermeer painting one of his maids. The book is better than the 2003 movie version starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth. Pic is Johansson as the girl. https://t.co/cCsl4ZMwbE
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Praise for this book
--The New Yorker
"Marvelously evocative."
--The New York Times
"Chevalier brings the real artist Vermeer and a fictional muse to life in a jewel of a novel."
--Time
"A vibrant, sumptuous novel... triumphant... a beautifully written tale thatmirrors the elegance of the painting that inspired it."
--The Wall Street Journal
"Chevalier has so vividly imagined the life of the painter and his subject."
--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Lustrous."
--Entertainment Weekly
What people are saying
Strong bodies, strong minds. Earn a good life. Desire more important than knowledge. Berra: You can observe a lot by watching. I promise my tweets aren't boring
Finished reading my first historic fiction Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. The story is about Johannes Vermeer painting one of his maids. The book is better than the 2003 movie version starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth. Pic is Johansson as the girl. https://t.co/cCsl4ZMwbE
Nonprofit - a continuous book giving portal, The Giving Guru, Random Acts of Kindness
Book: Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier | #Booksandbeats | https://t.co/3pjO3TExqd https://t.co/paE7sfvvKd