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I Capture the Castle: Cassandra Mortmain’s Literary Pluck
by, Jill Swenson
June 20, 2011

Dodie Smith’s novel is just like any other charming British novel set in the countryside in the 1930s: the landscape is glorious, the cupboard is bare, and the characters eccentric. I Capture the Castle opens with the wonderful line “I am sitting in the kitchen sink as I write this.” The “I” is Cassandra Mortmain, the 17-year old narrator of the novel (which is, in… [Read More]

Filed Under: British, Cassandra, castle, countryside, English, family, funny, imagination, inspiration, London, romance, sad, voice, witty, writer
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