Harper Collins, London, 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: 12mo Small. 249 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Edges browned slightly. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in 17th century Holland, obtains her first job as a servant in Vermeer's household. She loves being drawn into his artistic life, but the cost to her own survival may be high. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Holland; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; ISBN: 0006513204. ISBN/EAN: 9780006513209. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8848. . 9780006513209

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A sumptuous new look for Tracy Chevalier's bestselling novel. Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in seventeeth 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. Griet loves being drawn into his artistic life, and leaving her former drudgery, but the cost to her own survival may be high.

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8848
Title: Girl With a Pearl Earring
Author: Tracy Chevalier
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0006513204
ISBN 13: 9780006513209
Publisher: Harper Collins
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: BZDB137 historical fiction, Delft, holland, netherlands, vermeer, Fiction; Holland; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; ISBN: 0006513204 EAN: 9780006513209 Tracy Chevalier Girl With a Pearl Earring

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