... are mentioned in the novel such as the Oude LangenDjick, Molenport, Sciedam Gates, Rietveld Canal and Koe Gate. Chevalier does this mainly to give a realistic setting for the novel. She has evidently visited Delft to be able to give such detail on the layout of the streets, and also she might have looked at maps of the town. The main meeting place in the town was the market place. The market gossip was the way most news got around Delft and was spread mainly by the women doing their shopping or selling things. Anything that happens in Delft would almost certainly be passed around in this way, including the fact that Griet was going to be painted by Vermeer even though Griet did not even really know herself. In addition, Griet was worried that details of her relationship with Pieter would be spread around Delft. The women were definitely ...

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