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Girl With a Pearl Earring

Tracy Chevalier

A poor seventeenth-century servant girl knows her place in the household of the painter Johannes Vermeer, but when he begins to paint her, nasty whispers and rumors circulate throughout the town. 20,000 first printing.

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It was mentioned as a 1999 novel that was later adapted into a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson. The hosts talked about the book and movie being historical fiction, not based on facts.

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But there was a 1999 novel from Tracey Chevalier, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, and then the 2000 film adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson, who was perfectly cast. She looks quite a bit like The...

— Episode: Seven - No, Wait, Five - Mysteries of th...

Episode: Seven - No, Wait, Five - Mysteries of the Art Worl...

It was mentioned as a 1999 novel that was later adapted into a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson. The hosts talked about the book and movie being historical fiction, not based on facts.

"

But there was a 1999 novel from Tracey Chevalier, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, and then the 2000 film adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson, who was perfectly cast. She looks quite a bit like The Girl with the Pearl Earring.

Episode: Seven - No, Wait, Five - Mysteries of the Art Worl...

It was a 1999 novel that was adapted into a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson, which explored a fictionalized version of the story behind Vermeer's painting.

"

But there was a 1999 novel from Tracey Chevalier, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, and then the 2000 film adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson, who was perfectly cast.

Episode: Seven - No, Wait, Five - Mysteries of the Art Worl...

It was a 1999 novel that was later adapted into a film in 2000 starring Scarlett Johansson, which was a work of historical fiction, not a factual account of Vermeer's life.

"

But there was a 1999 novel from Tracey Chevalier, The Girl with the Pearl Earring,

and then the 2000 film adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson, who was perfectly cast. She looks quite a bit like The Girl with the Pearl Earring.

But this was historical fiction.

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