Girl with a pearl earring

Description:

This book "centres on Vermeer's prosperous household in Delft in the 1660s. The appointment of the quiet, perceptive heroine of the novel, the servant Griet, gradually throws the household into turmoil as Vermeer and Griet become increasingly intimate, an increasingly tense situation that culminates in her working for Vermeer as his assistant, and ultimately sitting for him as a model. Chevalier deliberately cultivates a limpid, painstakingly observed style in homage to Vermeer, and the complex domestic tensions of the Vermeer household are vividly evoked, from the jealous, vain, young wife to the wise, taciturn mother-in-law. At times the relationship between servant and master seems a little anachronistic, but Girl with a Pearl Earring does contain a final delicious twist in its tail."--Product description.

subjects: Artists' models,  Artists' models in fiction,  Social life and customs,  Open Library Staff Picks,  Fiction,  Vermeer, Johannes, in fiction,  Women household employees in fiction,  Women domestics in fiction,  Historical Fiction,  Netherlands in fiction,  Women household employees,  Women domestics,  Vermeer, Johannes, -- 1632-1675 -- Fiction,  Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 -- Fiction,  Artists' models -- Fiction,  Women domestics -- Fiction,  Delft (Netherlands) -- Fiction,  Netherlands -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Fiction,  Manners and customs,  Reading Level-Grade 7,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Fiction, historical,  Netherlands, fiction,  Artists, fiction,  Fiction, biographical,  Roman d'amour,  Dix-septième siècle,  Roman,  Peinture,  Women,  Biographical fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Vida social y costumbres,  Servicio doméstico,  Modelos (Arte),  Novela,  Skönlitteratur,  Vardagsliv och traditioner,  Romans, nouvelles

People: Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675),  Johannes Vermeer

Places: Delft (Netherlands),  Netherlands,  Países Bajos,  Delft

Times: 17th century,  Siglo 17,  1600-talet