Feature Article Forbidden Love The novel Girl with a Pearl Earring should definitely be included on the Novel Ideas book club reading list. Elyshia Hickey reveals why this fascinating‚ historical and romantic story will appeal to an adolescent audience‚ as it explores the theme of sensual awakening. Set in 17th century Delft‚ Chevalier’s novel explores the deep but forbidden love between a young maid and her master. The author’s clever combination of an intriguing story‚ remarkable characters
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Title: Girl with a Pearl Earing Author: Tracy Chevalier Publisher: Harper Collins Publisher 1999 Entry 1 Why I chose this novel: “Girl with a Pearl Earring” is a classic novel that I have never had the chance to read and is something I have always wanted to. For my first novel I read “The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo” in which one of the main characters Lisabeth is portrayed as quite a heroic woman and I think it would be interesting to compare her with the Girl with a pearl earring. I also
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Sumptuous set design‚ painstaking cinematography and thoughtful‚ understated performances make ‘Girl With A Pearl Earring’ an aesthetic masterpiece – but dear God is it dull. It’s based on the best-selling novel by Tracy Chevalier but‚ more significantly than that‚ the book itself tells the story behind a painting by brush-brandishing Dutchman Johannes Vermeer. And not a very interesting story either‚ it has to be said. Rent-a-thesp Colin Firth plays Vermeer‚ who takes a break from the clogs‚ windmills
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the debate pitting sculpture against painting and reaching into the debate comparing poetry and painting. When examining the painting‚ film‚ and the novel with the name Girl with a Pearl Earring‚ we must look to the paragone of ekphrasis in it’s different forms. Taking inspiration from Vermeer’s painting Girl with a Pearl Earring‚ Tracy Chevalier’s novel and Peter Webber’s film follow a very similar story line. However‚ as the film and the book use different mediums‚ each implements different forms
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passions and hobbies allow individuals a personal rewarding experience on one level and benefit the entire group on a higher level. It allows us to attach through the expression of our passions we gravitate to and bond with each other. ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ by Tracy Chevalier is a modern classic novel. We are told her story through the wide eyes of this young maid’s
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Girl with a Pearl Earring Journal 1664 ▪ The novel opens with Griet in the kitchen preparing vegetables for soup. ▪ The description of how Griet separates the vegetables into a colour wheel gives the reader the understanding that Griet is artistic. ▪ We are introduced to Johannes Vermeer and Catharina Vermeer who visit Griet and her family to inspect Griet and her work habits before they allow her to work in their household. ▪ Griet is told she is to become a maid in the Vermeer
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Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier is an exhilarating novel about art‚ passion‚ and life. This novel can give a reader an insight on artistic views and prove just how harsh life was in the seventeenth-century. A young sixteen-year-old girl is forced to work as a maid for famous painter Johannes Vermeer due to the fact that her father lost his eyes in a kiln explosion and can no longer work to support the whole family. As a maid‚ she must do housework‚ take care of Vermeer’s children‚ do
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The last book I have read is “The girl with the Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier. It is written in a narrative form revolving around the intricacies of Vermeer’s genius at its best. Meeting Vermeer through this book was quite a fascinating experience. His solitary ways and forlorn clumsiness in real life speaks volumes of how crowded and passion-filled his brain must have been. The rush of passions‚ the hurried compassions‚ stolen moments of guilty love and meekness of human vulnerability seems
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The novel "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier chronicles the young life of a woman named Griet‚ as she travels through a journey full of love‚ hate‚ jealousy‚ hardship‚ and other experiences throughout her work as a maid. She is employed at the famous painter Vermeer’s very large household. Catharina plays a main role in the house and is Vermeer’s stuck-up housewife who gives birth to many children. Her mother‚ Maria Thins‚ is wiser and conducts most of the family’s business manners. Griet
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have become more aware that the decisions we often make are forced to create changes and effect everyone‚ including your loved ones. In this case‚ in the story Girl with the Pearl Earring‚ we distinguish that one life changing decision not only affected the protagonist‚ Griet‚ but also her parents and her siblings. Griet‚ a sixteen-year old girl living with her family in Delft in 1664 was forced to become a maid due to her father having a recent accident in which he is unable to work. This caused Griet
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