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In this "sharp, scary, gorgeously evocative tale of love, art, and obsession" (Paula Hawkins, best-selling author of The Girl on the Train), a beautiful young woman aspires to be an artist, while a man’s dark obsession may destroy her world forever.
In 1850s London, the Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park, and among the crowd watching the dazzling spectacle, two people meet by happenstance. For Iris, an arrestingly attractive aspiring artist, it is a brief and forgettable moment, but for Silas, a curiosity collector enchanted by all things strange and beautiful, the meeting marks a new beginning.
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"A page-turning psychological thriller" (Essie Fox, author of The Somnambulist) that will haunt you long after you finish it, The Doll Factory is perfect for fans of The Alienist, Drood, and The Historian.
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- Lynne
- 08-15-19
Quite awful
I read a really good review of the doll factory so stuck with it all the way through
What a dreadful, hot mess.
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- Sherri
- 02-07-20
A story of perseverance and love
The author brings each character to life with such detail, taking you through the quest for personal freedom, love, suspense and evil obsession all without getting too wordy. The story revolves around one main character but is told through several, which pulled me in emotionally helping me to have a deeper understanding of each. And because this is set in a time when society was divided into two distinct groups, the haves and the have nots, it makes the personal plight of the main character seem almost impossible at times. The author brings the evil obsession of one to life that you actually understand the thought process and you become almost sympathetic towards him. At the end you are anticipating a knight in shining armor to save the day but surprise, it is not to be. A story of perseverance and love.
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- Jessica
- 09-16-19
Predictable
I found this story to be predictable and frustrating at times. The narrator does a nice job.
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- Ronda
- 08-24-19
A slow start- keep with it
The beginning of the book goes very slowly. I almost quit. I’m glad I stuck with it. The plot is not original, and at times it’s very scattered and can’t decide what story it is telling. Halfway through it gets its legs and tells the story. I enjoyed the ending. I liked the main character.
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- Deby T
- 07-30-23
No Thank You
Just seems very ,confusing I restarted 3 times from the start. I never figured this one out, I'm sorry to say.
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- Patty
- 07-17-23
Wonderfully developed
It just builds and builds. So fantastic to listen to. I found myself cheering on some and berating others as I listened.
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- MarvMar
- 02-19-22
An engrossing listen
This book had been in my wish list for a while and I am sorry I didn’t invest in it sooner. The author has done a brilliant job of capturing the rigidity of Victorian England and showing how they shaped the lives of the three main characters. I don’t want to give any spoilers so won’t say much more. The narrator was excellent. I will be buying the author’s second book.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-16-22
Slow to Develop but Worth the Wait
I read a very positive review of this book, and was not disappointed. Will recommend to my bookclub.
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Step up, step up! In 1860s England, circus mania is sweeping the nation. Crowds jostle for a glimpse of the lion-tamers, the dazzling trapeze artists and, most thrilling of all, the so-called “human wonders.”
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Nope. Pass.
- By Anisha on 02-15-22
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Pandora
- A Novel
- By: Susan Stokes-Chapman
- Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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London, 1799. Dora Blake, an aspiring jewelry artist, lives with her odious uncle atop her late parents’ once-famed shop of antiquities. After a mysterious Greek vase is delivered, her uncle begins to act suspiciously, keeping the vase locked in the store’s basement, away from prying eyes—including Dora’s. Intrigued by her uncle’s peculiar behavior, Dora turns to young, ambitious antiquarian scholar Edward Lawrence who eagerly agrees to help. Edward believes the ancient vase is the key that will unlock his academic future; Dora sees it as a chance to establish her own name.
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Very intriguing
- By Anna Canna on 09-19-23
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Love and Fury
- A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft
- By: Samantha Silva
- Narrated by: Ell Potter
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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August, 1797. Midwife Parthenia Blenkinsop has delivered countless babies, but nothing prepares her for the experience that unfolds when she arrives at Mary Wollstonecraft’s door. Over the 11 harrowing days that follow, as Mrs. Blenkinsop fights for the survival of both mother and newborn, Mary Wollstonecraft recounts the life she dared to live amidst the impossible constraints and prejudices of the late 18th century, rejecting the tyranny of men and marriage, risking everything to demand equality for herself and all women.
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I couldn’t wait for this book to end…
- By Judy Lake Chessa on 05-15-22
By: Samantha Silva
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The Mercies
- By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter stands on the craggy coast, watching the sea break into a sudden and reckless storm. Forty fishermen, including her brother and father, are drowned and left broken on the rocks below. With the menfolk wiped out, the women of the tiny Arctic town of Vardø must fend for themselves. Three years later, a stranger arrives on their shore. Absalom Cornet comes from Scotland, where he burned witches in the northern isles. He brings with him his young Norwegian wife, Ursa.
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The Mercies is a Strong and Moving Story, Not to be Missed
- By Lenore Poyer on 02-29-20
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The Animals at Lockwood Manor
- By: Jane Healey
- Narrated by: Sarah Lambie
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In August 1939, 30-year-old Hetty Cartwright arrives at Lockwood Manor to oversee a natural history museum collection whose contents have been taken out of London for safekeeping. She is unprepared for the scale of protecting her charges from party guests, wild animals, the elements, the tyrannical Major Lockwood and Luftwaffe bombs. Most of all, she is unprepared for the beautiful and haunted Lucy Lockwood.
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Immersive, satisfying, romantic, & it has:🐆🐘🦧🐀🐾🐭🦊🐰
- By Lili on 04-05-20
By: Jane Healey
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The Confessions of Frannie Langton
- A Novel
- By: Sara Collins
- Narrated by: Sara Collins, Roy McMillan
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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All of London is abuzz with the scandalous case of Frannie Langton, accused of the double murder of her employers, renowned scientist George Benham and his eccentric French wife, Marguerite. Crowds pack the courtroom, eagerly following every twist, while the newspapers print lurid theories about the killings and the mysterious woman being tried at the Old Bailey. The testimonies against Frannie are damning. She is a seductress, a witch, a master manipulator, a whore. But Frannie claims she cannot recall what happened that fateful evening, even if remembering could save her life.
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Takes you to a place in time
- By Amazon Customer on 06-15-19
By: Sara Collins
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The Mad Women’s Ball
- By: Victoria Mas
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The Salpêtrière Asylum: Paris, 1885. Genevieve is a senior nurse. After the childhood death of her sister, Blandine, she shunned religion and placed her faith in both the celebrated psychiatrist Dr. Charcot and science. But everything begins to change when she meets Eugénie, the 19-year-old daughter of a bourgeois family that has locked her away in the asylum. Because Eugénie has a secret: She sees spirits.
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British accents?
- By KS on 05-22-22
By: Victoria Mas
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The Miniaturist
- By: Jessie Burton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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On a brisk autumn day in 1686, 18-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office - leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin.
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Too Many Holes
- By Cariola on 11-02-14
By: Jessie Burton
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At Night All Blood Is Black
- A Novel
- By: David Diop, Anna Moschovakis - translator
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting as a so-called “Chocolat” soldier with the French army during World War I. When his friend Mademba Diop, in the same regiment, is seriously injured in battle, Diop begs Alfa to kill him and spare him the pain of a long and agonizing death in No Man’s Land. Unable to commit this mercy killing, madness creeps into Alfa’s mind as he comes to see this refusal as a cruel moment of cowardice.
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Compelling story, poor narration
- By Shauna on 07-10-21
By: David Diop, and others
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The Sun Walks Down
- A Novel
- By: Fiona McFarlane
- Narrated by: Emma Jones
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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In September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the entire community is caught up in the search for him. As they scour the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly—newlyweds, farmers, mothers, indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, artists, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen—confront their relationships, both with one another and with the landscape they inhabit.
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Fanciful narrative
- By Alice Oakley on 09-04-23
By: Fiona McFarlane
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The Seven Sisters
- The Seven Sisters, Book 1
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Tuppence Middleton
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Maia D’Aplièse and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home–a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva–having been told that their beloved adoptive father, the elusive billionaire they call Pa Salt, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalising clue to their true heritage–a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil . . .
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Narration spoil great story
- By Kindle Customer on 05-31-21
By: Lucinda Riley
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Children of Blood and Bone
- By: Tomi Adeyemi
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.
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Beautifully Written
- By Samantha on 03-09-18
By: Tomi Adeyemi
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