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Deadly Dolls: Midnight Tales of Uncanny Playthings Publisher / Frances Lincoln but when they were rediscoveredThe doll wasnt lying on the floor of the cage, but was standing against the padlocked door. And as the curtains parted it turned its face sharply towards me As mannequins, automata, effigies and dummies, dolls have haunted our imagination since ancient times, invoked throughout the years in literature and film as quintessential symbols of the uncanny. In this collection of fourteen tales harking from 1817 to 2022, Elizabeth Dearnley presents a