The 1934 journal of seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain reveals her perspective on six stormy months in the eccentric and poverty-stricken life of her family in a ruined Suffolk castle, ending with the revelation that Cassandra is deeply in love.
Literature & FictionClassicsGenre FictionComing of AgeBritish & IrishHistorical
RELEASED1999
PUBLISHERSt. Martin's Griffin
LENGTH343
LANGUAGEEN
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
The 1934 journal of seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain reveals her perspective on six stormy months in the eccentric and poverty-stricken life of her family in a ruined Suffolk castle, ending with the revelation that Cassandra is deeply in love.
Literature & FictionClassicsGenre FictionComing of AgeBritish & IrishHistorical