Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999)

Griet enters Vermeer's household to do domestic work, then finds that her ability to notice colour and arrangement has another value. The studio offers interest and danger rather than a simple escape from service. Chevalier makes room for household rivalries, shopping and the care required around other people's possessions. Choose this quiet, sensuous novel for the uneasy overlap between skill, intimacy and a master's power to decide whose judgement counts.