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I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith

Published: 2013-12-24
Hardcover : 576 pages
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Recommended to book clubs by 3 of 4 members
A beautiful hardcover cloth bound gift edition deserving of a place in every home.


Set in the idyllic English countryside of the 1940's, this is the diary of Cassandra Mortmain which tells of her extraordinary family and their life in a ramshackle castle. First, there is her eccentric ...
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A beautiful hardcover cloth bound gift edition deserving of a place in every home.


Set in the idyllic English countryside of the 1940's, this is the diary of Cassandra Mortmain which tells of her extraordinary family and their life in a ramshackle castle. First, there is her eccentric father. Then there is her beautiful sister, Rose; vain, bored and desperate to marry and escape from her crumbling family home. Their stepmother Topaz, an artist's model and nudist, with a flair for wondering the castle grounds uninhibited by the constraints of modern clothing. Finally, there is Stephen, dazzlingly handsome and hopelessly in love with Cassandra.

But all their lives are soon transformed by the arrival of new, wealthy neighbours from America and Cassandra finds herself falling in love.

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  "I Capture the Castle"by Evelyn M. (see profile) 10/30/20

This novel captures the essence of the awkward, practical young woman who must find herself in the midst of the drama of every other life she holds dear. Since I discovered it decades ago, it continues... (read more)

 
  "I Capture the Castle"by Liz R. (see profile) 03/20/13

It was just a nice story. Nothing exciting. It was just slow, and I was disappointed that the main character didn't get her "lived happily ever after" story

 
  "I Capture the Castle"by Kim R. (see profile) 08/17/12

Recommended by many outside the bookclub as one of the best books ever, but as a group we didn't think so. Only a couple group members finished it, and the overall consensus was that it wasn't good enough... (read more)

 
  "I Capture the Castle."by Teresa D. (see profile) 02/17/12

Loved everything.

 
  "Would have been original in the 40s when it was written"by Buffy S. (see profile) 07/18/11

Kind of predictable now. Teenage angst in the first person.

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