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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 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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“This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I’ve ever met.”--J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potterseries
“Dreamy and funny... an odd, shimmering timelessness clings to its pages. A thousand and one cheers for its reissue. A+”--Entertainment Weekly
“I Capture the Castleis finally back in print. It should be welcomed with a bouquet of roses and a brass band. Ever since I was handed a tattered copy years ago with the recommendation ‘You’ll love it,‘ it has been one of my favorite novels.”--Susan Isaacs
“It is an occasion worth celebrating when a sparkling novel, a work of wit, irony, and feeling is brought back into print after an absence of many years. So uncork the champagne for I Capture the Castle.”--Los Angeles Times
“A delicious, compulsively readable novel about young love and its vicissitudes. What fun!”--Erica Jong
I WRITE THIS sitting in the kitchen sink. Read the first page
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Began as a sheer joy but didn't keep its ease,
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This review is from: I Capture the Castle (Paperback)
I was a little confused when I began reading the book because it seemed at once aimed at teenagers but written with adult sensibilities. Eventually, I just relaxed and let Cassandra, the seventeen-year-old narrator take me away. And she did it beautifully. I loved the quotidian simplicity of her world, her romantic bent of mind, her precociousness. I was lulled by the language and thrilled to be enjoying a book written seventy years ago. Until the last quarter of the book. It took a sharp turn that made me want to skim. Suddenly it seemed clearly written for teenagers. I couldn't swallow the romances that bloomed and faded. Then Cassandra stopped being endearing; she became shallow, fickle and immature. I almost gave the book 4 stars because of the delight I felt for most of the book, but the ending was just too disappointing.
2.0 out of 5 stars
an (rather unsuccessful) attempt at a Jane Austen /Flavia de Luce hybrid?,
This review is from: I Capture the Castle (Paperback)
Not particularly impressed by this book. Picked it up because J.K. Rowling recommended it... As implied by my review, it seems like a Jane Austen novel set in the 1930s, narrated by a "precocious" seventeen-year old "child" in a situation akin to the de Luce household...That being said, the first person narration is very well done. And, if you are looking for a modernized Austen-like book set in early 20th century, (so imagine cold crumbling manor houses, impoverished girls, star-crossed lovers and the underground and wireless sets), you'll be sure to enjoy it. For me, though, it was swift read on the train, but not something I would reread.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful book,
By Allyson (Gatineau,Québec) - See all my reviews
This review is from: I Capture The Castle (Paperback)
After reading the latest reviews on Amazon I felt obliged to write my own review.This is a wonderful book. It reads very easily and the story is a joy to follow. I love Cassandra and her very matter-of-fact love lorn ways. Rose is the character that you want to hate but just can't. All the characters are enjoyable and life like. Of course, this is a book for younger readers. I still feel it is a very good read for any age. I read it in one sitting and loved every minute of it. I have since re-read it twice and I still love it. I have heard that this is also one of JK Rowlings favorite books as a child, and that it inspired her to write. High praise indeed. Please read it for yourself and don't let those without imagination turn you away from it.
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