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020			_a9781529002430
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082			_aFIC MAC
100			_aMacneal, Elizabeth _eAuthor
245			_aThe doll factory / _cElizabeth Macneal
260			_aLondon : _bPicador, _c2020. ©2019.
300			_a379 pages ; _c20 cm.
500			_aFirst published in 2019 by Picador.
520			_a Londen, 1850. On a crowded street, the dollmaker Iris Whittle meets the artist Louis Frost. Louis is a Pre-Raphaelite painter who yearns to have his work displayed in the Royal Academy, and he is desperate for Iris to be his model. Iris agrees, on the condition that he teaches her to paint. Dreaming of freedom, Iris throws herself into this new life of art and love, unaware that she has caught the eye of a second man. Silas Reed is a curiosity collector, enchanted by the strange and beautiful. After seeing Iris at the site of the Great Exhibition, he finds he cannot forget her. As Iris's world expands, Silas's obsession grows. It is only a matter of time before they meet again...
650			_aArtists -- Fiction.
650			_aWomen artists -- Fiction.
650			_aInterpersonal relations -- Fiction.
651			_aLondon (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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