Life becomes difficult for Nella, and there are things she does not understand: tension between Johannes and Marin sounds of movement at night. Otto, Johannes’ servant and business assistant, aged about thirty, is, to Nella's astonishment, an African. Cornelia is the maid, a little older than Nella, more spirited than maids in the countryside. He is not there when she arrives, but she meets the other members of the household. The simple ceremony is in her home town, and Johannes returns to Amsterdam the same day the marriage is not consummated.Ī month later, as arranged, Nella goes to his house in Amsterdam to join him. Her late father squandered the family's wealth and she makes an arranged marriage to Johannes Brandt, who is thirty-nine, a rich, respected Amsterdam merchant. Nella (Petronella) Oortman is eighteen, living in a small town. It does not otherwise attempt to be a biographical novel. Set in Amsterdam in 1686–87, the novel was inspired by Petronella Oortman's doll's house on display at the Rijksmuseum. An international bestseller, it was the focus of a publishers' bidding war at the 2013 London Book Fair. The Miniaturist is the 2014 debut novel of English actor and author Jessie Burton. First edition (UK) with quotation from S.
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