"I Capture the Castle" is the story of 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her family who live in a rented crumbling castle on the Scoatney estate in the English countryside. The story is told through Cassandra's journal entries over a six month period during which she shares the foibles of her family and early lessons about love.
The ability to recreate detail, to capture the nuances of everyday conversation, to recognize humor in the trivialities of middle-class life marks the dramas of Dodie Smith. Her critics sometimes foun...
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Dorothy Gladys Smith