by Dodie Smith · Red Fox · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099439745
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«I Capture the Castle» is Dodie Smith's young adult romantic novel, published by Red Fox in paperback (416 pages, in English).
Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain writes a diary about her eccentric family in a ruined English castle. There is her father, a blocked writer; her sister Rose, determined to marry the rich American landlord Simon; her bohemian stepmother Topaz; and Stephen, hopelessly in love with Cassandra.
Edition published in April 2003 with the subtitle «Now a Major Feature Film» and a quote from J. K. Rowling on the cover.
Aimed at young and adult readers, especially those who enjoy coming-of-age stories, romance and eccentric families.
Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing I Capture the Castle (1948) and the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Other works include Dear Octopus (1938) and The Starlight Barking (1967). The Hundred and One Dalmatians was adapted into a 1961 animated film and a 1996 live-action film, both produced by Disney. Her novel I Capture the Castle was voted number 82 as "one of the nation's 100 best-loved novels" by the British public as part of the BBC's The Big Read (2003), and was adapted into a film released the same year.
