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A great coming of age tale
Cassandra is a seventeen year old girl who lives with her family in a decaying castle. With little money Cassandra spends most of her time observing the li... READ MORE
Positively wonderful!
Set in the 30's with an impoverished bohemian family at its core and characters that really leap off the page. This is mostly due to the use of first per... READ MORE
A Beautiful Edition
I have probably read Dodie Smith's timeless coming of age story about twenty times by now. Passed down from my grandmother to my mother to me this is a boo... READ MORE
I Capture the Castle
In between helping her genius father to write his new novel and sorting out confused romances Cassandra finds time to write her diary, leading us through h... READ MORE
Synopsis
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 eccentric novelist father who suffers from a financially crippling writer's block.
However, all their lives are turned upside down when the American heirs to the castle arrive and Cassandra finds herself falling in love for the first time.
'I know of few novels that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers' Joanna Trollope
**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9781784877453
- Number of pages: 576
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 34 mm
- Interest age: From 12 years
- Weight: 394g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allLovely!
This is a lovely book; quite deserving of its place in the hearts of many of its readers and its status as a classic. It does have some slap-worthy charact... READ MORE
Honest and brilliant!
This is the second time I have read this book, I think everytime you read it you find a new meaning and something that you can resonate with.
It is beautif... READ MORE
Absolutely beautiful...
I Capture the Castle is definitely my favourite book of all time. I first read it when I was twelve and every time I've read it since, I gain something new... READ MORE
I Capture the Castle
A superb novel about growing up and its hopes and fears. I came to it through the excellent BBC film, but it actually sold over a million when it came out ... READ MORE
I Capture the Castle
I LOVE THIS BOOK! Poignant coming of age story, narrated by the intriguing Cassandra. Immerse yourself in her world - share the highs and lows of her mad... READ MORE
I Capture the Castle
I would give this six stars if I could! As soon as I read this it became (and has stayed) my favourite book. Perfect for teenager girls - and any adult who... READ MORE
I Capture the Castle
II think that 'I Capture The Castle' it is a classic, to be read repeatedly. It reminds me of the works of my favourite author, Jane Austen.
I Capture the Castle
the story was a bit borin and taled on for a bit to long!!!!
I Capture the Castle
it draged on for a bit to long not a book for me
I Capture the Castle
the story was a bit borin and taled on for a bit to long!!!!
A classic
I read this as a child and my daughter read it recently and fell in love with it too.
Great
Great book. Classic.
This book has held a place in my heart for a long time
I really have no words to describe this - it's beautiful in it's descriptions, it makes me feel nostalgic and despite being written in the 1940s it still f... READ MORE