Girl with a Pearl Earring Study Guide

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Rather than writing a story of Vermeer having an illicit relationship with the household maid, Chevalier builds tension in the work with the depiction of their restraint. As Time magazine critic Sheppard writes, Chevalier presents "an exquisitely controlled exercise that illustrates how temptation is restrained for the sake of art".

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