Girl with a pearl earring /

Chevalier, Tracy.

Girl with a pearl earring / Tracy Chevalier. - New York : Plume Book / Dutton 2001c1999. - 233 p. ; 21 cm.

A New York Times Bestseller

A maid becomes a model for the 17th century Dutch painter, Vermeer. The woman, an artisan's daughter with a strong power of observation, describes his manner of work, his household and life of the day, including the rigid class system and religious bigotry. A debut in fiction.

052594527X (hc.) 0452282152 (pbk)

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Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 --Fiction.


Netherlands--Social life and customs--17th century--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PS 3553 / C527g 2001

813/.54