Girl with a Pearl Earring, Deluxe Edition
by Tracy Chevalier
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Author: Tracy ChevalierEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-30
ISBN: 0452287022
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Plume
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- ISBN13: 9780452287020
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Girl with a Pearl Earring, Deluxe Edition
Book Review: Interesting Historical Fiction
Summary: 3 Stars
This book was neither here nor there.
A young woman named Griet arrives at Vermeer's house to be a new servant. She had some tragedy in her family and so ended up a maid. As she gets to be part of the family, Vermeer allows her to help him, due to her artistic eye. Eventually she poses for the famous "girl with a pearl earring" painting, which ends up being her undoing.
The story seems like an episode of the old British drama "Upstairs Downstairs" set in Holland with a coming of age story neatly tucked in it as well. The plot is somewhat interesting with one well developed character (Griet) and none others I cared about.
However, the descriptions of 17th Century Holland, the class system and mercantile society were excellent, which by itself was worth finishing the book. The descriptions of how the paintings were painted were amusing as well and since I had the "Deluxe Edition" with 9 full color paintings I could flip back and forth, reading the descriptions and seeing what they pertained to.
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