I Capture the Castle

Dodie Smith

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Vintage Classics
14 October 2021

Classic fiction (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's&YA)

Series: Vintage Heroines

Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world

'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink...'

This is the story of Cassandra, precocious and charming, who begins a journal detailing her life with her bohemian family in a crumbling old castle. On the cusp of adulthood, Cassandra meets the family's growing challenges of poverty and decay with indefatigable humour and insight.

However, her life is turned upside down when the American heirs to the castle arrive and Cassandra finds herself falling in love. Both a gorgeous study of 1930s England and a sharp exposition of what it's like to be teenage girl, I Capture The Castle is a novel layered with eccentricity and nostalgia.

Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.

By: Dodie Smith
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 394g
ISBN: 9781784877453
ISBN 10: 178487745X
Series: Vintage Heroines
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 14 October 2021
Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years
Audience: General/trade , Children/juvenile , Young adult , ELT Advanced , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for I Capture the Castle

The perfect lockdown read - gentle and infused with a glowing warmth, featuring an emotional complexity that makes the simple story rewarding throughout * Independent *