But Silas has only thought of one thing since their meeting, and his obsession is darkening. Suddenly her world begins to expand, to become a place of art and love. 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 β forgotten seconds later, but for Silas, a collector entranced by the strange and beautiful, that meeting marks a new beginning. The Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and among the crowd watching the spectacle two people meet. I thought the cover was very appealing, featuring a bell jar full of objects which appear in the novel β a butterfly, an iris, a girl, mouse, peacock feather β all trapped inside. Itβs an intoxicating story of art, obsession and possession set against a backdrop of The Great Exhibition in London. I love getting lost in a good book and I am delighted to share with you my first book review of 2019, The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal.
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