![]() I’ve tried to research whether or not Smits List really existed in history, and haven’t been able to find what I’m looking for. From this point forward the miniaturist sends Nella unexpected, increasingly daunting miniature gifts – members of her family appear little by little, each showing family secrets before anyone in the family itself know them. Nella finds a miniaturist and writes to him (we later find out this person is female) for a lute, marzipan and a bird cage. Marin, the keeper of Johannes’ books, is furious with this frivolous purchase, but reluctantly gives Nella Smits list, a listing of all the craftsmen in town. Specifically, a 9 room miniature model of her own new home, built into a cabinet. When Petronella arrives at her new home, we meet the strict mistress of the house, Nella’s now sister in law, the unmarried Marin, and later in the evening, Nella’s aloof and often absent new husband, Johannes, joins the scene.Īs a wedding gift, Johannes gives Petronella a cabinet house. A young woman, Petronella, has reluctantly agreed to an arranged marriage to a wealthy man in order to have her family’s debts paid off. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a review of the series, but I will inevitably be comparing it to the novel throughout. I read the novel around November of last year and finally watched the series in full today. It was adapted into a mini series by PBS Masterpiece Theater which was released in 3 parts in September of 2018. The Miniaturist is a novel written by Jessie Burton. ![]()
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