I Capture the Castle
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  • Published: 30 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780141371504
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $22.99

I Capture the Castle

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

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18 Jan 2022
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1 Aug 2012
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1 Apr 2004
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20 Dec 2023
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31 Aug 2011
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3 Mar 2016
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23 May 2023
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30 Jan 2017
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An absolute classic coming-of-age novel from the 1940s, with an irresistible narrator, which fans of contemporary writers such as Meg Rosoff, Rainbow Rowell or E Lockhart will love.

"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.
  • Published: 30 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780141371504
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $22.99
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Praise for I Capture the Castle

The appeal of the book is that of a time of innocence . . . When a girl of 17 could still be all but untouched by sexuality. At the same time it captures the pangs of growing up and unrequited first love.

Observer

A book for everyone who is young, poor, fed up and yearning for something exciting to happen

Irish Times

This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met

J. K. Rowling
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