I Capture The Castle
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Published on 1. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-09-956096-8 (ISBN)
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 fadingly 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.
Reviews / Votes
"This rite of passage story about a precocious teenager and her eccentric family is romantic, off-beat and totally magical" Red "I know of few novels that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers" -- Joanna Trollope "Everyone I've passed it on to has found it a hit - it works every time, for absolutely everybody" -- Nigella Lawson "This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met" -- J K RowlingMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
369 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-956096-8 (9780099560968)
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Persons
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.