Girl with a pearl earring
Chevalier, Tracy2000
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An historical novel on the corruption of innocence, using the famous painting by Vermeer as an inspiration. Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in seventeenth century Holland, obtains her first job, as a servant in Vermeer's household. Tracy Chevalier shows us through Griet's eyes, the complicated family, the society of the small town of Delft, and life with an obsessive genius.
Main title:
Girl with a pearl earring / Tracy Chevalier.
Author:
Imprint:
HarperCollins, 2000.
Collation:
248p ; 197 x 130mm.pbk.ed.
Notes:
Originally published: 1999.
ISBN:
0006513204
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2061662
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bletchley Library | Adult fiction | Available |