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The doll factory : a novel / Elizabeth Macneal.
Publication details: London : Picador, 2019.Description: 376 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 1529002419
- 9781529002416
- Siddall, Elizabeth -- Fiction
- Great Exhibition ((1851 : London, England) -- Fiction
- Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) -- Fiction
- 1800-1950
- Stalkers -- Fiction
- Women artists -- Fiction
- Artists -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Artists' models -- England -- Fiction
- Painters -- England -- Fiction
- Kidnapping victims -- England -- Fiction
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Fiction
- Pre-Raphaelites -- England -- London -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- England -- London
- 823.92 23
- PR6113.A2728 D65 2019
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Historical | MACN | Available | 069298 |
Total reserves: 0
"Freedom is a precious thing"--Cover.
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...
