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I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
The Mortmains are an odd little bunch. Mr. Mortmain has fallen into a huge slump in his writing career even after years of his huge success in the novel 'Jacob's Ladder'. His two daughters, Rose and Cassandra are awfully of contrasting personalities but they are bound together with deep love for each other. Their eccentric stepmother Topaz is a little too much for Rose, but Cassandra doesn't mind her much. She writes and writes everything in her diary from her family to Stephen, the boy who stays with them and is deeply devoted to her.
The family lived in a crumbling house in the countryside of England. Their ordinary life were suddenly hugely impacted by the American brothers, Simon and Neill and their dominant figure of a mother who moved nearby and were the owners of their house. As Rose tries her best to capture the heart of Simon, the older brother in order to secure the future of her family, Cassandra can't help but sense the absurdity of it all. She believed that marriage should be based on the foundation of love. This difference between the two sisters has been stunningly expressed along with the happenings of the Mortmain family in the words of Cassandra Mortmain in "I Capture the Castle" by Dodie Smith.
It's a heartwarming tale of love and family and moreover in a truly Catherine Morland style, we see her growing up from a naive young girl to a sensitive and mature young woman. Her charm is Austenesque and she's a heroine one can't help but fall for.
The family lived in a crumbling house in the countryside of England. Their ordinary life were suddenly hugely impacted by the American brothers, Simon and Neill and their dominant figure of a mother who moved nearby and were the owners of their house. As Rose tries her best to capture the heart of Simon, the older brother in order to secure the future of her family, Cassandra can't help but sense the absurdity of it all. She believed that marriage should be based on the foundation of love. This difference between the two sisters has been stunningly expressed along with the happenings of the Mortmain family in the words of Cassandra Mortmain in "I Capture the Castle" by Dodie Smith.
It's a heartwarming tale of love and family and moreover in a truly Catherine Morland style, we see her growing up from a naive young girl to a sensitive and mature young woman. Her charm is Austenesque and she's a heroine one can't help but fall for.