- English literature, Fiction, historical, London (england), fiction, New York Times reviewed
"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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Classical in form, grave, earnest and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Elizabeth Macneal
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 362
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, First Emily Bestler books/Atria
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781508296119
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