23 January 2021
The Doll Factory
The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal, is an intoxicating story of art, obsession and possession.
London. 1850. The Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and among the crowd watching the spectacle two people meet. For Iris, an aspiring artist, it is the encounter of a moment – forgotten seconds later, but for Silas, a collector entranced by the strange and beautiful, that meeting marks a new beginning.
When Iris is asked to model for pre-Raphaelite artist Louis Frost, she agrees on the condition that he will also teach her to paint. Suddenly her world begins to expand, to become a place of art and love.
But Silas has only thought of one thing since their meeting, and his obsession is darkening . . .
| Title | : | The Doll Factory |
| Edition Language | : | English |
| ISBN | : | 9781529002393 |
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Richly evocative of Victorian London, ‘The Doll Factory’ revolves around Iris, who together with her sister Rose, works for the cruel, laudanum addicted Mrs Salter. Iris dreams of being an artist,...
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This novel is a winner for me! The 1850 London, where pre-Raphaelites shook the artistic world, where a young woman is tired of painting dolls and wants to express herself in real art, London where a ...
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NO SPOILERSThis Victorian era....fusion drama gets creepier and creepier....with a climactic ending!!! A reader who chooses this novel is getting the deli deluxe combo sandwich with added secret ingre...
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The Doll Factory imagines an 1850 London that could easily have been written by Dickens. We see Albie, the street urchin with but a single tooth, who collects dead animals for Silas, a taxidermist and...
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Talent...Art...obsession...love...poverty...possibility...yearning...Gothic...VictorianAll words which can be used to describe The Doll Factory, a Gothic Victorian tale set in London in 1850. When Iri...
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Happy pub day to this creepy blend of hist fic and mystery! 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 The Doll Factory is set in 1850s London. The Great Exhibition is going up on Hyde Park. It’s an art exhibition and amo...
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3.5 StarsI was lured into reading this book because of its locale and time period (Victorian London), the Dickensian / gothic atmosphere, and the promise of all things weird. This book delivered on al...
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Expectations met!Iris and her twin sister Rose work in a shop that makes dolls. They paint their faces an make their clothes - sending nearly all their wages back to their parents. Iris secretly longs...