I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, published by Vintage in 2004, is a novel that explores the life of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her unconventional family living in a dilapidated English castle. The story unfolds against a backdrop of not-so-genteel poverty, featuring Cassandra’s eccentric father, who once enjoyed literary success but now finds solace in detective novels. The dynamics within the family are further complicated by Cassandra’s beautiful yet vain sister, Rose, who is determined to marry their wealthy American landlord, Simon, despite lacking genuine affection for him.
Readers will find a richly woven narrative that delves into themes of family life, romance, and coming of age. Cassandra’s journey is marked by her efforts to develop her writing skills while navigating the complexities of her relationships with her family members, including their bohemian stepmother, Topaz, and the handsome Stephen, who harbors feelings for her. Through her sharply funny and poignant entries in three notebooks, Cassandra captures the transformative experiences that occur within the castle, ultimately inviting readers into a world filled with humor and emotional depth. This edition spans 407 pages and is presented in English.
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This wonderful novel tells the story of seventeen year old Cassandra and her extraordinary family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty ina ramshackle old English castle. Cassandra’s eccentric father is a writer whose first book took the literary world by storm but he has sincs failed to write a single word and now spends most of his time reading detective novels from the village library. Cassandra’s elder sister, Rose – exquisitely beautiful, vain and bored – despairs of her family’s circumstances and determines to marry their affluent American landlord, Simon regardelss of the fact she does not love him. She is in turns helped and hindered in this by their bohemian stepmother Topaz, an artist’s model and nudist who likes to commune with nature. Fianlly there is Stephen, dazzlingly handsome and hopelessly in love with Cassandra. In this maelstrom Cassandra strives to hone her writing skill. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries, which 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 heart of the reader in one of literature’s most enchanting entertainments.
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