 Readers follow seventeen-year-old Cassandra’s diary accounting her life with her extraordinary family in their crumbling castle. Her family slides into genteel poverty after her father falls into a long phase of writer’s block. Rose, Cassandra’s sister, is desperate to marry for riches as a way of supporting her family. The castle’s atmosphere changes when their new neighbors and landlords from America arrive. Rose and Cassandra discover that the heart cannot choose who it falls in love with no matter how hard the mind may try. Fans of Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte will be enchanted by this captivating and bittersweet read. The author, who is best known for her novel The Hundred And One Dalmatians, wrote I Capture The Castle during World War II when she moved to California. Cassandra’s story is inspired by the author’s experiences in England during the 1930s. ema |
| Title: I Capture The Castle Author: Dodie Smith (1896-1990) Publisher: Vintage Classics Copyright: 2012 Original Language: English Original Title: I Capture The Castle Original Publisher: William Heinemann Original Copyright: 1949 ISBN: 978-0-099-57288-6 Paperback pages: 566 Age range: 14 up Genre: Historical Fiction Book setting: 1930s England Author’s ethnicity: English Subjects: Artists, Castles, Love, Poverty, Romance, Sisters, Writers |
I Capture The Castle
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