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I Capture The Castle [VHS] [2003]
Based on Dodie Smith's much - loved novel, I Capture the Castle t ... Last Update 06.07.2009 07:18
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I Capture The Castle [DVD] [2003]
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I Capture the Castle [DVD] [2003] [Region 1][US Import] [NTSC]
Based on Dodie Smith's much - loved novel, I Capture the Castle t ... Last Update 06.07.2009 07:18
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by lisa2062 - written on 15/09/07 (Very useful, 174 readings)
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Dodie Smith is probably most well known for writing 101 Dalmatians, however she infact wrote many plays as well as this novel which was first published in 1949. I Capture the Castle draws in many aspects of classics English novels including Jane Eyre, and while the diary form it’s written in certainly isn’t original it still remains a firm favourite of many including myself. Normally I wouldn't have even considered picking up a copy of this book, as on the whole I mainly stick to the crime/thriller genre for reading matter. However I vaguely recalled watching the film a few years ago and loved it, so I was pretty certain that I'd equally enjoy the ...
by sungold98 - written on 28/12/07 (Very useful, 54 readings)
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Oh, what a wonderful book! Written by the author of 101 Dalmations, it came as a surprise to me that it was a perfect teen coming-of-age novel. What a gem! It was written in 1949, and set slightly earlier.The Mortmain family ( Dad - previously successful author, now suffering from writer's block, his second wife Topaz - ex artists model, oldest daughter Rose - with great expectations, middle daughter Cassandra - heroine, and son Thomas - a schoolboy) all live in a crumbling Suffolk castle. Dad and Mum fell in love with it and bought it to house their three tiny children. Mum died, Dad fell into a decline and stopped earning, then took a second wife who ...
by devevre - written on 03/02/03 (Very useful, 881 readings)
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The term "children's fiction" is misleading. A good book is one which is still a good book, no matter how old you are when you read it. The very best books written for children or adolescents are often the ones that are also successful with an adult audience. So it was with Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle. I opened the book entirely by accident, sighing over the lack of good books in the house that I was staying at. "Dodie Smith wrote 101 Dalmations," my best friend said helpfully. I grimaced. A book by a children's author who inspired a Disney film? But I opened the first page... and was convinced that I Capture the ...
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