I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
Recommended by J. K. Rowling and Lisa Randall
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Coming of Age, Most Recommended Books, and Romance.
I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeenyearold Cassandra Mortmain and her family, who live in notsogenteel 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 cha...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Coming of Age, Most Recommended Books, and Romance.
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Lisa Randall
“A really lovely book about the importance of art and understanding the world. | This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met.”
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