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I Capture the Castle

by Dodie Smith · 1948

Young Adult · ranked #29 in category

Cassandra, the 17-year-old narrator, lives an eccentric existence in a crumbling castle in the English countryside in the 1930s. Her father is a former bestselling novelist now suffering from a chroni

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The verdict

Category
Young Adult
First published
1948 · 1940s
Author
Dodie Smith
Standing
Recommended

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