![]() I have just remarked to Rose that our situation is really rather romantic – two girls in this strange and lonely house. I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring – I wrote my very best poem while sitting on the hen-house. Then there is Stephen, their 18-year-old boarder/servant who dotes on Cassandra so much that her father calls him her ‘swain.’Ĭassandra keeps a diary and has a literary bent, which is partly why I liked this novel as much as I did. ( “I could marry the Devil himself if he had some money.”) Her father, James Mortmain, a one hit wonder of an author his second wife, the artistic, ethereal Topaz her resilient younger brother and her pretty older sister, Rose, who is determined to marry money. The young woman is 17-year-old Cassandra, the narrator of the story, and she describes her unusual poverty-stricken family beautifully. Once I’d started this book my hesitancy quickly disappeared as I discovered that it is such a quirky, fun with patches of seriousness, fairytale-ish story, that captures all the angst of a young woman in love with someone who loves someone else. I’m not sure why because I enjoyed Dodie Smith’s other well-known novel, 101 Dalmatians. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I Capture the Castle was one of the books on my shelf that I’d been reluctant to begin. ![]()
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