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The Miniaturist

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Petronella "Nella" Oortman was recently married to Johannes Brandt, a wealthy business who resides in Amsterdam. When Nella arrives at her new husbands house, she's greated by Johannes's chilly sister Marin, his stoic servant Otto, and the spirited maid Cornelia.Nella quickly learns that life in her new home is far different than that of her lively childhood country house. Marin is unfriendly and bossy and Johannes is often away on business. Even when he is home, he acts like she isn't there. As if to make up for his inattentions, he gifts her a small scale replica of his home, to decorate as she sees fit. Seeing it as an insult at first, Nella nevertheless makes the best of a bad situation and enlists the services of a miniaturist to create tiny duplicates of items in her new home to populate the tiny house.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Nella gets more than she bargained for when the miniaturist sends her items she not only didn't ask for, but ones that prove the elusive and mysterious miniaturist knows more about Nella's new family and home than Nella herself does. As the weeks tick by, the secrets hidden within the Brandt household will slowly come to light, some more dangerous than others.The Miniaturist is a 2014 historical novel by Jessie Burton. The novel was inspired by an intricately made dollhouse that belonged to a one Petronella Oortman. A sequel titled The House of Fortune was published in 2022, taking place eighteen years after the end of Miniaturist.In 2017, a three part live action adaptation of Miniaturist aired on BBC One.
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 Obnoxious In-Laws: Marin is Johannes's sister, but she acts more like a domineering mother-in-law to Nella than a sister-in-law.
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 We Used to Be Friends: Johannes and Frans used to be friends but after Johannes's interference with Frans's potential marriage to Marin, the friendship between them soured. By the time Nella enters the picture, Frans is more willing to destroy Johannes than become his business partner.
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 Arranged Marriage: Nella's marriage to Johannes was arranged by her mother.
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