I Capture the Castle.
by SMITH, Dodie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
I Capture the Castle is Dodie Smith's first novel, and was published in 1948. Smith, who wrote the novel during a sojourn in America, was already an established playwright and later became famous for authoring the children's classic The Hundred and One Dalmatians. I Capture the Castle relates the adventures of an eccentric family, the Mortmains, struggling to live in a decaying English castle in the 1930s. The story is told by Cassandra Mortmain, a bright teenager, through her personal journal.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 158269
- Title
- I Capture the Castle.
- Author
- SMITH, Dodie
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Boston: Little, Brown and Company,
- Date Published
- 1948
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