I Capture the Castle

Dodie Smith, Ngadi Smart

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Puffin
30 January 2017

Classic fiction (Children's&YA); Young Adult

Series: The Originals

"An absolute classic coming-of-age novel from the 1940s, with an irresistible narrator, which fans of contemporary writers such as Meg Rosoff, Rainbow Rowell or E Lockhart will love.

""I write this sitting in the kitchen sink"" is the memorable first line of this enchanting coming-of-age story, told in the form of Cassandra Mortmain's journal.

Cassandra wittily describes life growing up in a crumbling castle, with her father who suffers from crippling writer's block, her glamorous but ineffectual step-mother and her vain but beloved sister Rose. When two visiting Americans arrive, all of their lives are turned upside down, and Cassandra experiences her first love.

This is a classic coming-of-age story, beloved of millions of teenage and adult readers, and sure to be enjoyed for generations more."

By: Dodie Smith
Illustrated by: Ngadi Smart
Imprint: Puffin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 374g
ISBN: 9780141371504
ISBN 10: 0141371501
Series: The Originals
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 30 January 2017
Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dorothy 'Dodie' Smith was born in 1896 in Derbyshire and was one of the most successful dramatists of her generation. During the 1940s she lived in the USA and it was homesickness for England that inspired her classic novel I Capture the Castle (1948). It was an immediate success and was also adapted for the stage in the 1950s as well as becoming a successful film in 2003. Dodie Smith is also the author of the much-loved book The Hundred and One Dalmatians, which has famously been twice filmed by Disney. Dodie Smith died in 1990.

Reviews for I Capture the Castle

Everyone I've passed it on to has found it a hit - it works every time, for absolutely everybody * Nigella Lawson * Every time I meet someone who also loves I Capture the Castle, I know we must be kindred spirits * Jenny Han, bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before * I know of few novels that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers * Joanna Trollope *