I Capture the Castle

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Red Fox, 1949 - Bildungsromans - 409 pages
An enchanting novel for older children by the author of 101 Dalmations.

Seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Over six turbulent months, Cassandra tries to hone her writing skills, filling three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries which chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love.

A BBC production is planned, to be directed by Tim Fyell of Madame Bovary fame, with Mike Newell as executive producer.

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I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
No preview available - 2012
I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
No preview available - 2012

About the author (1949)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleI Capture the Castle
Definitions (Red Fox)
Definitions Series
Red Fox Older Fiction
Red fox definitions
Red fox
AuthorDodie Smith
Edition16, illustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherRed Fox, 1949
ISBN0099845008, 9780099845003
Length409 pages
  
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