I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith is a beloved 20th Century novel that's still winning hearts! The book tells the story of 17-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the walls of the castle, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has captured the reader's heart in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments. "This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met," says J. K. Rowling about I Capture the Castle .