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A best-seller in English, this novel centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. Chevalier vividly evokes the complex domestic tensions of the household, ruled over by the painter's jealous, eternally pregnant wife and his taciturn mother-in-law.
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La joven de la perla, Tracy Chevalier, Pilar Vázquez
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- La joven de la perla
- Language
- Spanish
- Authors
- Tracy Chevalier, Pilar Vázquez
- Publisher
- Alfaguara
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 312
- ISBN10
- 8420442364
- ISBN13
- 9788420442365
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Love, Classics, Adapted for Film, 17th century, Artists, Netherlands, Maids
- First published
- 1996
- Original title
- Girl with a Pearl Earring
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- A best-seller in English, this novel centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. Chevalier vividly evokes the complex domestic tensions of the household, ruled over by the painter's jealous, eternally pregnant wife and his taciturn mother-in-law.