I CAPTURE THE CASTLE (FILM TIE-IN)
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I CAPTURE THE CASTLE (FILM TIE-IN) by Dodie Smith
This wonderful novel tells the story of seventeen-year-old, Cassandra and her extraordinary family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Cassandra's eccentric father is a writer whose first book took the literary world by storm but he has since failed to write a single word and now spends most of his time reading detective novels from the village library. Cassandra's elder sister, Rose - exquisitely beautiful, vain and bored - despairs of her family's circumstances and determines to marry their affluent American landlord, Simon regardless of the fact she does not love him. She is, in turns, helped and hindered in this by their bohemian step-mother Topaz, an artist's model and nudist who likes to commune with nature. Finally, there is Stephen, dazzlingly handsome and hopelessly in love with Cassandra. Amidst this maelstrom, Cassandra strives to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries, which candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has captured the heart of the reader in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments.
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 was inspired by Dodie's own Dalmation, Pongo, and became the basis of two Disney Films.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099439745 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099439743 |
| Title | I CAPTURE THE CASTLE (FILM TIE-IN) |
| Author | Dodie Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 2003-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Prizes | Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003, Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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