Girl with a Pearl Earring

Written by Tracy Chevalier

A maid's life changes forever through a painter's gaze and a masterpiece's creation.

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233 pages· 770L

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Bookroo's summary

In a world where art and life intertwine, Griet, a young maid, finds her fate altered by the enigmatic painter Vermeer. As she becomes the subject of his masterpiece, her life is caught between the allure of artistic vision and the constraints of her reality. What secrets lie within the strokes of paint, and how will this encounter shape her destiny? Discover the captivating journey of transformation and the power of a single moment captured on canvas.

From the publisher

Celebrate Tracy Chevalier s modern classic Girl With A Pearl Earring, featuring a gorgeous new edition illustrated with eight pages of Vermeer s masterworks. History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. The story of Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with a genius as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil, is new again.A Deluxe Edition of the National Bestseller with Over 2 Million Copies Sold: Eight Pages of Full-Color Plates Include Every Vermeer Painting Discussed in the BookFrench FlapsRough Fronta New Foreword”

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