January 2015 Guest Editor Harriet Evans on I Capture the Castle...
This is probably my favourite novel. It gives something new every time I reread it. At first it’s ‘just’ a story of a deliciously eccentric family living in a crumbling castle in a beautiful English village (and that’d be quite enough for me!) but it’s so much more than that. It’s about broken families, class, England before the war, and most importantly and daringly it’s about a young girl’s burgeoning sexuality.
One of the 20th century's most beloved novels is still winning hearts, Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle! "This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met." -- J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter seriesAdapted to a feature film in 2003, I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals 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 castle"-- and the heart of the reader-- in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments. Bonus: Reading Group Discussion Guide included in this edition
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One of the 20th century's most beloved novels is still winning hearts, Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle! Rowling, author of the Harry Potter seriesAdapted to a feature film in 2003, I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle.
I Capture the Castle features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Family Drama, eBooks of the Month, Classic fiction: general and literary, General Fiction, Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommendations
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I Capture the Castle was written by Dodie Smith and published by St. Martin's Griffin an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
I Capture the Castle has 352 pages
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