num_pages: 1
description: Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of Griet, a 16-year-old Dutch girl, who becomes a maid in the house of the painter Johannes Vermeer. Her calm and perceptive manner not only helps her in her household duties, but also attracts Vermeer's attention. He slowly draws her into the world of his paintings and ultimately has her sit for him as a model.In this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired on of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings, Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place. History and fiction merge seamlessly in a luminous tale of artistic vision, sensual awakening, and daily life in the Netherlands of the 17th-century.
language: English
title: Girl with a Pearl Earring
titlecomplete: Girl with a Pearl Earring
characters: Johannes Vermeer, Catharina Bolnes, Pieter (Girl with a pearl earring), Griet, Pieter van Ruijven, Maria Thins, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Tanneke
genres: Fiction, Historical, Romance, Adult, Classics, Adult Fiction, Novels, Literature, Art, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 722683
places: Delft, Netherlands
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: HighBridge Company