I Capture the Castle
A special edition of the coming-of-age classic
$33.62
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
19 December 2023
Summary
A beautiful hardback edition of one of the funny, heartbreaking, iconic coming-of-age novels.
‘I write this sitting in the kitchen sink’ is the first line of this timeless, witty and enchanting novel about growing up.
Cassandra Mortmain lives with her bohemian and impoverished family in a crumbling castle in the middle of nowhere. Her journal records her life with her beautiful, bored sister, Rose, her fading glamorous stepmother, Topaz, her little brother Thomas and her eccen…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784878702 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784878707 |
| Author: | Dodie Smith |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 19 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 467g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 138mm x 38mm |
| Series: | Vintage Quarterbound Classics |
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Utterly immersive, it brims with charm and romance * i *
About The Author
Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith was born in 1896 in Lancashire and 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.
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