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I Capture The Castle
CD-Audio
Main Details
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I Capture The Castle
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Dodie Smith
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Read by Emilia Fox
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Physical Properties |
Format:CD-Audio | Dimensions(mm): Height 150,Width 130 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781901768879
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Classifications | Dewey:823.912 |
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Edition |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Canongate Books Ltd
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Imprint |
CSA WORD
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Publication Date |
17 April 2008 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This is the wonderful journal of Cassandra Mortmain, aged 17. A heartwarming and completely original coming-of-age story, it is the account of one year in her life and that of her extraordinary family. With great wit and sensitivity Cassandra reveals her eccentric father with writer's block, her clever younger brother Tom, and eldest sister Rose, beautiful, bored, and mainly interested in marrying a rich man. Then there is their stepmother Topaz, a rather exotic artist's model, and Stephen who works for the family and is hopelessly in love with Cassandra. When two young American men, Simon and Neil, arrive to live nearby, the lives of this intimate community are changed forever. Cassandra records the events in her diary from the crumbling castle, which is their home. The result is marvellously funny and genuinely moving. Emilia Fox the narrator, is one of Britain's best-loved television and radio actors, and star of Silent Witness.
Author Biography
Dodie Smith (1896-1990) was an English novelist and playwright, best known for One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
Reviews* An excellent offering from CSA Word to be enjoyed by all the family. The Disability Times * I know of few novels - except Pride and Prejudice - that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers. Joanna Trollope * This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met. J.K. Rowling * I think it is a book that will be very much lived in by many people; because you can live in it, like Dickens Christopher Isherwood
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