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Elizabeth MacNeal - The Doll Factory (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice 2019 & The Sunday Times Bestseller.
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal is the intoxicating story of a young woman who aspires to be an artist, and the man whose obsession may destroy her world for ever.
London. 1850. The greatest spectacle the city has ever seen is being built in Hyde Park, and among the crowd watching 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 . . .
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Historical Fiction
- Published : 2019 (This Edition 2020 - Picador)
- ISBN : 9781529002430
- SKU : B002891
- PPC : SP300gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"A vivid depiction of a morally dubious world, and a page-turning psychological thriller, with a truly compelling villain." - Essie Fox, author of The Somnambulist.
"Gripping, artfully written . . . part love story, part gothic novel and leading up to a truly breathless conclusion, this book is destined to be one of the biggest titles of 2019." - Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti.
"Darkly brilliant - The Collector meets Possession with added female power." - Anna Mazzola, author of The Unseeing and The Story Keeper.
"Engrossing and atmospheric . . . I can practically see the TV version!" - Adele Geras, author of The Ballet Class.
"A sharp, scary, gorgeously evocative tale of love, art and obsession." - Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train.
"In its evocation of the seething energy of 1850s London, its immersion in the detail of the 19th Century city’s everyday life and in its fascination with the macabre and the eccentric, Elizabeth MacNeal’s debut novel does feel genuinely Dickensian. Add a keen exploration of the restrictions that were placed on women and the possessiveness of men, and you get a remarkable example of historical fiction . . . In MacNeal’s novel, Iris is condemned to be imprisoned by men’s ideas of her . . . a story full of life, colour and intelligence." - Sunday Times.
"The sort of book you want to read curled up by a fire while your fingers twitch to find out what happens next." - Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You.
"MacNeal has a magpie's eye for whatever is bright and glittering, and she writes vividly." - Scotsman.
"Memorable." - The Herald.
"Gripping." - India Knight, Sunday Times.
"Emotionally and intellectually engaging, Elizabeth MacNeal’s debut is a stunner . . . both a page-turning thriller and a thoughtful, moving exploration of what it meant to be a woman and an artist in the 19th century . . . perfectly paced and richly atmospheric . . . deeply moving . . . I literally couldn’t put it down for the final breathtakingly tense 70 pages . . . utterly gripping." - Irish Times.
The Author
Elizabeth MacNeal was born in Scotland and now lives in East London. She is a writer and potter and works from a small studio at the bottom of her garden. She read English Literature at Oxford University, before working in the City for several years. In 2017, she completed the Creative Writing MA at UEA where she was awarded the Malcolm Bradbury scholarship.