I Capture The Castle Dodie Smith

Name: I Capture The Castle By Dodie Smith
SKU: 9781782300229
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I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith

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Summary

Set in the idyllic English countryside in the 1930s, this book tells of Cassandra Mortmain's family and their life in a ramshackle castle.

I Capture The Castle Summary

I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith

Welcome to the world of seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain. Written over eight months and in three notebooks, Cassandra tells of her extraordinary and very eccentric family and their life in a crumbling ramshackle castle. What was a very quiet and unassuming life for the Mortmains is fast transformed by the arrival of new, wealthy neighbours from America and Cassandra finds herself falling in love. Set in the idyllic English countryside in the 1930s, this timeless classic will capture the heart of every reader, young or old.

I Capture The Castle Reviews

This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met J. K. Rowling The appeal of the book is that of a time of innocence ... When a girl of 17 could still be all but untouched by sexuality. At the same time it captures the pangs of growing up and unrequited first love. Observer A book for everyone who is young, poor, fed up and yearning for something exciting to happen Irish Times [A] gorgeous new edition -- Geraldine Brennan Observer

About Dodie Smith

Dorothy Gladys 'Dodie' Smith was born in 1896 in Lancashire and was one of the most successful female dramatists of her generation. Her first novel, I Capture the Castle, written when she lived in America during the 1940's, 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 grown out of her life-long love of the spotty dog and inspired by her own experiences. The Hundred and One Dalmatians became the basis of two Disney Films. She lived in a cottage with her husband and many pets, in the Essex countryside that she loved, until her death in 1990, aged 94.

Additional information

Sku

GOR005588017

ISBN 13

9781782300229

ISBN 10

1782300228

Title

I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith

Author

Dodie Smith

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Penguin Random House Children's UK

Year published

20131107

Number of pages

576

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us