I Capture The Castle

Author: Dodie Smith; Valerie Grove (Introduction by)

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  • : 14.99 AUD
  • : 9780099460879
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
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  • : 0.303
  • : March 2004
  • : 199mm X 130mm X 25mm
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  • : Dodie Smith; Valerie Grove (Introduction by)
  • : Vintage Classics Ser.
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
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  • : English
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Description

"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 generations of teenage and adult readers, by Dodie Smith, who also wroteThe Hundred and One Dalmatians.

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'This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met' J K Rowling 20030402

Author description

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.