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I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-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 castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle"--and the heart of the reader--in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments.
]]> 31122 42 950769 book 1948 I Capture the Castle total:8329|5:2907|4:3282|3:1683|2:380|1:77| 8329 33549 12088 1601 6208 4.02 9530 1734 5671099 63549 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 7134 1948 5 21 false Tue Sep 04 18:39:21 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:52:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 14956306 824216 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 5 16 true Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 20:09:36 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 20:41:40 -0800 2008 I Capture the Castle is a charming and surprising read. I was enchanted by the first paragraph, but never did I imagine that it would be the sort of book that left me speechless at the end--in awe and contemplative and wanting to read more but knowing that anything else I picked up ju...more...]]> 2188593 116652 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 2 12 false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jun 20 18:23:04 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:10:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 27190550 381149 965875 1860491022 9781860491023 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179864962m/965875.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179864962s/965875.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/965875.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.29 41 Rose longs for suitors and new tea dresses while Cassandra scorns romance: "I know all about the facts of life. And I don't think much of them." But romantic isolation comes to an end both for the family and for Cassandra's heart when the wealthy, adventurous Cotton family takes over the nearby estate. Cassandra is a witty, pensive, observant heroine, just the right voice for chronicling the perilous cusp of adulthood. Some people have compared I Capture the Castle to the novels of Jane Austen, and it's just as well-plotted and witty. But the Mortmains are more bohemian--as much like the Addams Family as like any of Austen's characters. Dodie Smith, author of 101 Dalmations, wrote this novel in 1948. And though the story is set in the 1930s, it still feels fresh, and well deserves its reputation as a modern classic. --Maria Dolan

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I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-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 castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle"--and the heart of the reader--in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments.
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During that first reading I thought the whole romance/love pl...more...]]> 2440750 142079 457340 0312201656 9780312201654 74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258704166m/457340.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258704166s/457340.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/457340.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.01 521 Rose longs for suitors and new tea dresses while Cassandra scorns romance: "I know all about the facts of life. And I don't think much of them." But romantic isolation comes to an end both for the family and for Cassandra's heart when the wealthy, adventurous Cotton family takes over the nearby estate. Cassandra is a witty, pensive, observant heroine, just the right voice for chronicling the perilous cusp of adulthood. Some people have compared I Capture the Castle to the novels of Jane Austen, and it's just as well-plotted and witty. But the Mortmains are more bohemian--as much like the Addams Family as like any of Austen's characters. Dodie Smith, author of 101 Dalmations, wrote this novel in 1948. And though the story is set in the 1930s, it still feels fresh, and well deserves its reputation as a modern classic. --Maria Dolan

]]> 1948 4 3 false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 27 07:56:38 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:51:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50345474 1952202 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 5 2 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 24 17:45:39 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 17:46:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 68641505 1876075 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 4 2 false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 21:21:32 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 19:07:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 68230021 1879727 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 3 2 false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 13:44:19 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 10 12:45:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 35273780 850662 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 2 6 true Tue Oct 14 08:22:21 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 08:22:21 -0700 2008
here is the delightful:  
-images of the english countryside and the crumbling, fantastic castle
-cassandra's optimism and intelligence (pre-simon)
-perfect descriptions of peaceful, contemplative moments ...more...]]> 28514688 1368274 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 5 4 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Jul 28 10:26:55 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 10:26:55 -0700 2008
As I flip through...more...]]> 22975528 761675 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 4 2 false Mon May 26 08:37:16 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 08:40:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12860240 782069 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 3 2 false Wed Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 14:35:05 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 20 16:42:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11942210 755657 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 5 2 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 07 22:23:14 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 16:50:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 45461147 1637878 1044753 0312974175 9780312974176 25 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1044753.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.17 84 Rose longs for suitors and new tea dresses while Cassandra scorns romance: "I know all about the facts of life. And I don't think much of them." But romantic isolation comes to an end both for the family and for Cassandra's heart when the wealthy, adventurous Cotton family takes over the nearby estate. Cassandra is a witty, pensive, observant heroine, just the right voice for chronicling the perilous cusp of adulthood. Some people have compared I Capture the Castle to the novels of Jane Austen, and it's just as well-plotted and witty. But the Mortmains are more bohemian--as much like the Addams Family as like any of Austen's characters. Dodie Smith, author of 101 Dalmations, wrote this novel in 1948. And though the story is set in the 1930s, it still feels fresh, and well deserves its reputation as a modern classic. --Maria Dolan

]]> 1948 3 2 false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:39:49 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 06:47:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5463135 122647 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 4 2 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Fri Aug 31 22:53:09 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:12:13 -0800 2009
Nick Carraway, the narrator and protago...more...]]> 9241279 626408 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 5 3 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Nov 17 13:05:47 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 13:06:20 -0800 2007 more...]]> 33913209 1564660 457340 0312201656 9780312201654 74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258704166m/457340.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258704166s/457340.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/457340.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 Rose longs for suitors and new tea dresses while Cassandra scorns romance: "I know all about the facts of life. And I don't think much of them." But romantic isolation comes to an end both for the family and for Cassandra's heart when the wealthy, adventurous Cotton family takes over the nearby estate. Cassandra is a witty, pensive, observant heroine, just the right voice for chronicling the perilous cusp of adulthood. Some people have compared I Capture the Castle to the novels of Jane Austen, and it's just as well-plotted and witty. But the Mortmains are more bohemian--as much like the Addams Family as like any of Austen's characters. Dodie Smith, author of 101 Dalmations, wrote this novel in 1948. And though the story is set in the 1930s, it still feels fresh, and well deserves its reputation as a modern classic. --Maria Dolan

]]> 1948 3 3 false Sun Oct 19 14:53:25 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 13:17:47 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 14:53:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 6120740 372237 31122 0312181108 9780312181109 1376 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057m/31122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168212057s/31122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31122.I_Capture_the_Castle 4.03 8329 1948 4 2 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 17:55:56 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 10:18:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=341896