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
- 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.