I Capture the Castle
- Auteur: Dodie Smith (Engeland)
- Soort boek: Engelse roman uit 1949
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Penguin
- Omvang: 544 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback
- Prijs: £ 8,99
- Waardering redactie: ∗∗∗∗∗ (uitstekend)
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Dodie Smith I Capture the Castle recensie, review en informatie
- “Everyone I’ve passed it on to has found it a hit – it works every time, for absolutely everybody.” (Nigella Lawson)
- “I know of few novels that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers.” (Joanna Trollope)
Flaptekst van de roman uit 1949 van de Engelse schrijfster Dodie Smith
“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.
Dorothy Gladys ‘Dodie’ Smith was born on 3 May 1896 in Whitefield Lancashire. She was one of the most successful female 
dramatists of her generation. Her first novel, I Capture the Castle, was written when she lived in America during the 1940’s and marked her crossover debut from playwright to novelist. The novel became an immediate success and was produced as a play in 1954. She has written numerous other novels but is best known today for The Hundred and One Dalmatians, a story for younger readers. The Hundred and One Dalmatians became the basis of two Disney Films. She dies on 24 November 1990, at the age of 94 in Uttlesford, Essex in England.