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Through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Griet, the world of 1660s Holland comes dazzlingly alive in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. This gorgeous new edition is illustrated with eight pages of Vermeer's masterworks. History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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In 1992, Laura and Thea live together in a punk house in Washington, D.C. Thea, a brash and unapologetic trans girl, lives the punk life to its fullest. But Laura leaves her leather and safety pins at home each day when she leaves for work in a government job-hiding her anti-establishment lifestyle from her co-workers and her mainstream tastes from her housemates. When she invites Thea with her to see a Vermeer exhibit, Laura finds the courage to...
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Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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A study guide for Tracy Chevalier's "Girl with a Pearl Earring", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students series. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
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BrightSummaries.com
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Girl with a Pearl Earring with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, a fascinating novel set in 17th century Delft, in which the fictitious story of one of Vermeer's masterpieces is told. Griet, a young maid, narrates the story of her ambiguous relationship with the painter. The romantic and scandalous novel...
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Nguyen kids volume 2
Publisher:
Annick Press
Language:
English
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"Spontaneous and energetic Liz, the middle Nguyen sibling, grew up hearing stories from her Grandma NAọi about the fantastically fierce Trung Sisters, freedom fighters in ancient Vietnam. And with a new school year about to start, Liz is determined thather taekwondo classes will prove she is just as important and brave as the famous warriors. That is, until the new boy at school, Michael, threatens her plans by turning her best friend against her,...
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Oxford Girl Mystery volume 1
Language:
English
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"Internationally bestselling author of Bergdorf Blondes Plum Sykes returns with PARTY GIRLS DIE IN PEARLS, a charming murder mystery set at Oxford University in the 1980s. After Oxford's most popular classmate is found dead, new students Ursula Flowerbutton and Nancy Feingold believe she has been murdered and work to solve the mystery"--
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Publisher:
Lyrical Press
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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Founded by the wealthiest woman in London, an unconventional crime-solving club brings together single lords and overlooked ladies from every rung of society. It's a perfectly scandalous match … As London's most sought-after bachelor, the Duke of Leomore stuns society when he announces his engagement to a woman who has just been branded a thief. Yet as his painfully shy "bride-to-be" understands, it is merely a ruse until The Society for Single...
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Publisher:
BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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When culinary grad Maria Valentino falls in love with French Quarter chef Roman Robideaux, she is torn between honesty and a dark secret: her rape on a Florida beach. But when the rapist appears among Bourbon Street revelers, Maria is confronted with a past that could at any moment destroy what love is promising. A seductive story of redemption and triumph spiked with Louisiana culture, compelling mystery, and vivid characters, The Girl with the Pendant...
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BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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The Girl with the Pendant Pearl, Cajun and Creole Recipes, contains over fifty authentic New Orleans and Acadian recipes, some reflecting other cultural influences. Three examples are the Italian Cream Cake, Cajun Shrimp Fettuccini, and South of the Border Squash Casserole recipes. Among Louisiana favorites are Shrimp and Okra Gumbo, French Bread Pudding with Warm Bourbon Sauce, Red Beans and Rice, Jambalya, Louisiana Fig Cake, Bourbon Pecan Pie,...
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Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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"It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be--led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel's doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season. Eva is Isabel's antithesis: she...
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Publisher:
Scribner
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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"New York Times bestselling author and art critic Laura Cumming reveals the fascinating, little-known story of the Thunderclap--the massive explosion at a gunpowder store in Holland that killed Carel Fabritius, renowned painter of The Goldfinch, and nearly killed Johannes Vermeer, painter of Girl with a Pearl Earring--two of the greatest artists of the 17th century. As a brilliant art critic and historian, Laura Cumming has explored the importance...
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Hogarth, an imprint of Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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"From beloved, bestselling historical novelist Tracy Chevalier, whose mega-hit Girl with a Pearl Earring enchanted readers around the world, comes a poignant, unforgettable adaptation of Othello set in the fierce world of preadolescent children, where the grown-up forces of love and jealousy, and the hurt of being ostracized, can be as real and as devastating as for any adult. "O felt her presence behind him like a fire at his back." Arriving at his...
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Pub. Date:
2010
Language:
English
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"Sadie Jones has a long literary future ahead of her." -Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with the Pearl Earring Fresh off her triumphantly assured debut novel The Outcast, award-winning author Sadie Jones has again delivered a quiet masterpiece in Small Wars. Set on the colonial, war-torn island of Cyprus in 1956, Jones tells the story of a young solider, Hal Treherne, and the effects of this "small war" on him, his wife Clara, and their family. Reminiscent...
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Publisher:
Taschen
Pub. Date:
[2017]
Language:
English
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"In his lifetime, the fame of Johannes Vermeer (1632 1675) barely extended beyond his native Delft and a small circle of patrons. After his death, his name was largely forgotten, with works outside of Holland often misattributed to other artists. It was not until the mid-19th century that Vermeer came to the attention of the international art world, which suddenly looked upon his narrative minutiae, meticulous textural detail, and majestic planes...
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Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"Equal parts transporting love story and gripping historical conspiracy--think The Girl with a Pearl Earring meets Outlander--debut author Melodie Winawer takes readers deep into medieval Italy, where the past and present blur and a twenty-first century woman will discover a plot to destroy Siena. Accomplished neurosurgeon Beatrice Trovato knows that her deep empathy for her patients is starting to impede her work. So when her beloved brother passes...