![]() She is a girl on the verge of becoming a woman, in some ways precocious and self-aware, but also still childlike in some ways and I felt that this came through very well in the writing style. I found Cassandra to be a likable character and enjoyed seeing the story unfold from her perspective. Seeing them through Cassandra’s eyes you feel as if you already do. The book contains a jumble of different personalities that you feel you get to know. ![]() ![]() Cassandra’s descriptions of the Mortmain’s quirky lifestyle are detailed and fascinating. I Capture the Castle is a book that you need to fully immerse yourself in. One day, two American brothers come by the castle and the lives of the Mortmain family are never the same again. Cassandra, whose journal it is recounts every detail of life at the castle and the unusual people that live there. There are two sisters, Rose and Cassandra. They have no sensible income to speak of after Mr Mortmain stopped writing, and Topaz – his second wife – brings in a few pennies here and there as an artists model to keep the family fed (just about). ![]() The eccentric Mortmain family live in an old, cold and tumbledown castle in the countryside surviving on the bare necessities. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (originally published in 1949), is set in 1930’s England. ![]()
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