Author: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.
Everyone I've passed it on to has found it a hit - it works every time, for absolutely everybody
—— Nigella LawsonEvery 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 BeforeI know of few novels that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers
—— Joanna TrollopeFierce and dark . . . A superb offering
—— theyoungfolks.comLada – so ugly and mean that readers will adore her – stubbornly rejects gender roles . . . and the characters . . . benefit from complex motivations and an unconventional love triangle. Addictive intrigue
—— KirkusShakespeare is the best thing that ever happened to this country
—— Roy HattersleyShakespeare modernised the form of the sonnet, and transformed it from a stylised, courtly love shtick to a fluent and flexible form that could turn itself to any subject
—— Don Paterson , Guardian
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