"I write this sitting in the kitchen sink" is the memorable first line of this enchanting coming-of-age story, told in the form of Cassandra Mortmain's journal. Cassandra wittily describes life growing up in a crumbling castle, with her father who suffers from crippling writer's block, her glamorous but ineffectual step-mother and her vain but beloved sister Rose. When two visiting Americans arrive, all of their lives are turned upside down, and Cassandra experiences her first love.
This is a classic coming-of-age story, beloved of generations of teenage and adult readers, by Dodie Smith, who also wrote The Hundred and One Dalmatians.
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780141371504
Number of pages: 544
Dimensions: 199 x 130 x 32 mm
Interest age: From 12 years
Weight: 369 g
Language: English
Everyone I've passed it on to has found it a hit - it works every time, for absolutely everybody - Nigella Lawson
Every time I meet someone who also loves I Capture the Castle, I know we must be kindred spirits - Jenny Han, bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before
I know of few novels that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers - Joanna Trollope
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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 lives of those around her and capturing the daily life in the... More
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 characters but is probably the better for that. A very enjoyable read.
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 beautifully written and such a clever, innocent and brutally honest...
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