I Capture the Castle

Dodie Smith's 1948 novel I Capture the Castle is the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her bohemian family, who live in a ramshackle castle in the English countryside. The novel chronicles Cassandra's coming-of-age as she falls in love with a young man from a wealthy family, and her efforts to capture the attention of a famous novelist who is living in the castle. The book was an instant bestseller, and has been adapted for film and television on several occasions. Smith's warm and witty prose style has helped to make I Capture the Castle one of the most enduringly popular novels of the twentieth century.