# I Capture the Castle

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- Book: [I Capture the Castle](https://www.bookquiver.com/dodie-smith/i-capture-the-castle) ([I Capture the Castle.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dodie-smith/i-capture-the-castle.md))
- Authors: [Dodie Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/dodie-smith)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4137-150-4
- Pages: 544
- Published: 2016-08-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

I write this sitting in the kitchen sink" is the memorable first line of this enchanting coming-of-age story, told in the form of Cassandra Mortmain's journal. Cassandra wittily describes life growing up in a crumbling castle, with her father who suffers from crippling writer's block, her glamorous but ineffectual step-mother and her vain but beloved sister Rose. When two visiting Americans arrive, all of their lives are turned upside down, and Cassandra experiences her first love. This is a classic coming-of-age story, beloved of millions of teenage and adult readers, and sure to be enjoyed for generations more.