Read and discuss this gripping historical novel about the model for the Dutch artist Vermeer's greatest work
Highlights
- Join this book club and gain extra motivation to read in English
- 6 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent speaking in English
- Discuss this lovely story about love, family, art and the Dutch Golden Age
- Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes
Practise and develop your English online in this 6 week upper-intermediate English book club course featuring Tracey Chevalier's second novel, Girl With A Pearl Earring. Each week you read some chapters, discuss them in class and improve specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also examining literary aspects of the novel. Personalised feedback improves your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
The Book Club book
Girl With a Pearl Earring is the story of Griet, a 16-year-old Dutch girl who becomes a maid for the artist Johannes Vermeer, famous for his still, quiet images of solitary women in domestic settings. Despite their differences in upbringing, education and social standing, they have a similar way of looking at things and soon Griet is helping the master painter in his art. In addition she attracts the attention of both a local boy and from Vermeer's patron, van Ruijven. But when she models for Vermeer, things threaten to get out of control... Alive with light and colour, and utterly captivating, this book has become a modern classic, a successful film and an international bestseller, with over 5 million copies sold around the world.
‘A phenomenon’ Jessie Burton
‘Dazzling’ Daily Mail
'A portrait of radiance…Tracy Chevalier brings the real artist Vermeer and a fictional muse to life in a jewel of a novel' Time
‘Chevalier doesn't put a foot wrong in this triumphant work … It is a beautifully written tale that mirrors the elegance of the painting that inspired it’ Wall Street Journal
'A wonderful novel, mysterious, steeped in atmosphere, deeply revealing about the process of painting…truly magical' Guardian
Geoff says:
"There is something extra special about this novel - the way the writing mirrors the beauty and simplicity of Vermeer's art. Come and immerse yourself in Golden Age Holland. Highly recommended!"
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*Times are 1 hour earlier after 30/03, due to UK daylight saving |
| Age | 18+ |
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Online class size |
Maximum 8 participants, on Zoom, using break-out rooms for increased speaking and discussion |
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