What is the plot of The Doll Factory?

As mentioned, The Doll Factory will be based on the bestselling 2019 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Macneal. The book was enough to give us chills (and keep us looking over our shoulder when reading), so we’re excited to see if this new series will recreate the same eerie atmosphere.

According to Deadline, the series – like the book – will be set in London in 1850 and explores the story of Iris, who paints dolls for a living alongside her twin sister, Rose. She dreams of becoming an artist, and by night, secretly paints herself naked.

Silas is a taxidermist who owns a shop filled with his creations. He dreams of one day finding an item so unique he will be catapulted to fame. Louis is a painter and member of the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, searching for his next muse, and he finds it within Iris.

Louis soon asks Iris to model for him, and she agrees on the condition that he will also teach her to paint, and suddenly her world expands beyond anything she ever dreamed of. Suddenly before her is the opportunity to escape and start a new life, but in doing so, she must abandon her sister, sacrifice her reputation and launch herself into the unknown. But as Iris’s world expands, a story of dark obsession begins to unfold.

We said it was a chilling one, didn’t we?

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