5/27/2023 0 Comments The doll factory summary![]() ![]() The chapters are narrated by the main characters Iris, an apprentice who has the chance to be an artist, Silas a taxidermist and collector of unusual items and Albie who runs errands and is the link between Iris and Silas. Set in the mid nineteenth century this is a story of art, love and obsession set against the Great Exhibition of 1850. The Doll Factory is the stunning debut novel from Elizabeth Macneal. ![]() Suddenly her world begins to expand, to become a place of art and love.īut Silas has only thought of one thing since their meeting, and his obsession is darkening. 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. 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. The greatest spectacle the city has ever seen is being built in Hyde Park, and among the crowd watching two people meet. Publisher: Picador Main Market edition (). ![]()
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