num_pages: 336
description: 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 . . .
language: English
title: The Doll Factory
publisher: Picador