Her second book, Girl with a Pearl Earring, was made into a movie starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson in 2003. About The Author (Tracy Chevalier):Īuthor Tracy Rose Chevalier FRSL is British-American. Additionally, it is challenging for Griet to maintain good relations with the other housekeeper, Tanneke, who is irritable and envious. She makes friends with Maertge, the oldest daughter of the family, at their home, but she never gets along with Cornelia, the younger daughter who follows in the footsteps of her class-conscious mother, Catharina. The fact that Griet is a Protestant and the Vermeers are part of the minority that is reluctantly accepted is an additional complicating factor. Due to the bad reputation maids have for stealing, spying, and sleeping with their employers, this is a drop in status in the strictly stratified society of the time. Her father is a tile painter and a member of the artists’ guild, so she finds work as a maid in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer. Griet, then 16 years old, is forced to move out of her family’s Delft home in 1664 after her father is blinded in an accident. Tracy is the author of 10 novels, including the international bestseller GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, which has sold over 5 million copies and been made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth.
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