Ohio, 1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled in the Black Swamp, planting apple trees to claim the land as their own. As fever picks off their children, husband and wife take solace in separate comforts.
Fifteen years later their youngest...
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Tracy Chevalier captivated readers when Dutton published The Girl with a Pearl Earring in December 1999. Since then, she has written two New York Times bestsellers, Falling Angels and The Lady and the Unicorn.
Now, three years after the publication...
En esta obra Chevalier fundió la existencia de una norteamericana que comienza a residir en la Francia actual con la de una joven que padeció las consecuencias de la Noche de San Bartolomé.
La primera de estas historias comienza en...
1901, the year of the Queen's death. The two graves stood next to each other, both beautifully decorated. One had a large urn – some might say ridiculously large – and the other, almost leaning over the first, an angel – some might say overly...
Girl With a Pearl Earring tells the story of Griet, a 16-year-old Dutch girl who becomes a maid in the house of the painter Johannes Vermeer. Her calm and perceptive manner not only helps her in her household duties, but also attracts the...
Siendo quinceañera, Tracy Chevalier vio por vez primera un unicornio y a partir de ese momento quedó fascinada por el animal. Con veinte años viajó a París y allí visitó el Museo de la Edad Media, donde pudo...
Delft, Holanda, 1665. Después de que su padre se quede ciego tras una explosión, Griet, de diecisiete años, tiene que ponerse a trabajar para mantener a su familia. Empieza como criada en casa de Johannes Vermeer y poco a poco va...
La ragazza con l'orecchio di...
Dos mujeres inglesas, de orígenes y extracción muy distintas, comparten durante largos años una común afición que, más que beneficios económicos, dará importantes frutos científicos e influirá...
Tracy Chevalier brings Shakespeare's harrowing drama of jealousy and revenge to a 1970s era elementary school playground.
Arriving at his fifth school in as many years, diplomat's son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first...