Review: Girl With a Pearl Earring
I see this more a journey of finding oneself rather than a romance between a muse and a painter.
Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring is a study of the relationship between the famous painter Vermeer and Griet, our protagonist. The book teaches how to understand life as a form of art by feeling and appreciating it. The author has portrayed this through the narrative of a sweet Dutch girl - battles her insecurities and matures into a fierce woman that knows her place in the world. I see this more a journey of finding oneself rather than a romance between a muse and a painter. She has an inquisitive mind. She deals with new feelings, all on...