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The runaway New York Times bestseller with over one million copies sold Now a major motion picture from Lions Gate Films opening November 2003 History and fiction merge seamlessly in Tracy Chevalier's luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Through the eyes of... read more

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Cast of Characters/Important People

  • Griet: a 16-year-old Dutch girl who becomes a maid in the house of the painter Johannes Vermeer;
  • Johannes Vermeer: painter
  • Catharina: Vermeer's volatile wife
  • Maria Thins: Vermeer's shrewd mother-in-law
  • Tanneke: The family's fiecely loyal maid
  • Cornelia: Vermeer's six-year-old daughter, a mischievous girl who sees more than she should
  • van Ruijven: Vermeer's wealthy patron

Memorable Quotes

  • “Only children and thieves run.”

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First Sentence

My mother did not tell me they were coming.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Tracy Chevalier (Author)

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