I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle
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Published:
5 February, 2004
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Description
Cassandra Mortmain lives with her bohemian and impoverished family in a crumbling castle in the middle of nowhere.
Her journal records her life with her beautiful, bored sister, Rose, her fading glamorous stepmother, Topaz, her little brother Thomas, and her eccentric novelist father who suffers from a financially crippling writer's block.
However, all their lives are turned upside down when the American heirs to the castle arrive and Cassandra finds herself falling in love for the first time.
'I know of few novels that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers' Joanna Trollope
**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099460879 |
| ISBN10 | 0099460874 |
| Number Of Pages | 432 |
| Item Weight | 301 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 199 x 26 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
I know of few novels that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers
Everyone I've passed it on to has found it a hit - it works every time, for absolutely everybody
Smith rivals Nancy Mitford's Love in a Cold Climate series for 1930s toff charm * The Independent *
A deliciously evocative portrait of England * Daily Mail *
Dreamy and funny...an odd, shimmering timelessness clings to its pages. A thousand and one cheers for its reissue. A + * Entertainment Weekly *
It is an occasion worth celebrating when a sparkling novel, a work of wit, irony and feeling is brought back into print after an absence of many years. So uncork the champagne for I Capture the Castle * Los Angeles Times *
This rite of passage story about a precocious teenager and her eccentric family is romantic, off-beat and totally magical * Red *
Influential and much loved novel * Sunday Tribune *
Much more fun than the reader has any right to expect * Weekly Standard *
It's as fresh as if it were written this morning and as classic as Jane Austen. I'm very happy to have met it
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Author's Bio
Dorothy Gladys 'Dodie' Smith was born in 1896 in Lancashire and she was one of the most successful female dramatists of her generation. Her first novel, I Capture the Castle, was written when she lived in America during the 1940's and marked her crossover debut from playwright to novelist. The novel became an immediate success and was produced as a play in 1954. She has written numerous other novels but is best known today for The Hundred and One Dalmatians, a story for younger readers. The Hundred and One Dalmatians became the basis of two Disney films.