I Capture the Castle : Movie Tie-In Edition by Dodie Smith (2003, Trade Paperback)

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I Capture the Castle: Movie Tie-In Edition. Author: Smith, Dodie. Release Date: 2003-04-01. Condition: New. Qty Available: 1.

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PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-10031231616X
ISBN-139780312316167
eBay Product ID (ePID)26038420771

Product Key Features

Book TitleI Capture the Castle : Movie Tie-In Edition
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Romance / Historical / General, Family Life, Coming of Age, Humorous / General
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorDodie Smith
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in
Item Weight10.9 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.4 in

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LCCN97-037231
Reviews"This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met. Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain captures the castle in her insightful, witty journal entries." --Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling "What a lovely book is I Capture the Castle. It's as fresh as if it were written this morning, and as classic as Jane Austen. I'm very happy to have met it." --Donald E. Westlake "A delicious, compulsively readable novel about young love and its vicissitudes. What fun!" --Erica Jong "Dreamy and funny . . . an odd, shimmering timelessness clings to its pages. A thousand and one cheers for its reissue. A+" --Entertainment Weekly "I Capture the Castle is finally back in print. It should be welcomed with a bouquet of roses and a brass band. Ever since I was handed a tattered copy years ago with the recommendation 'You'll love it,' it has been one of my favorite novels." --Susan Isaacs "It is an occasion worth celebrating when a sparkling novel, a work of wit, irony, and feeling is brought back into print after an absence of many years. So uncork the champagne for I Capture the Castle." --Los Angeles Times, I Capture the Castle is finally back in print. It should be welcomed with a bouquet of roses and a brass band. Ever since I was handed a tattered copy years ago with the recommendation 'You'll love it,' it has been one of my favorite novels., It is an occasion worth celebrating when a sparkling novel, a work of wit, irony, and feeling is brought back into print after an absence of many years. So uncork the champagne for I Capture the Castle ., "This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met."--J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series "Dreamy and funny . . . an odd, shimmering timelessness clings to its pages. A thousand and one cheers for its reissue. A+"-- Entertainment Weekly " I Capture the Castle is finally back in print. It should be welcomed with a bouquet of roses and a brass band. Ever since I was handed a tattered copy years ago with the recommendation 'You'll love it,' it has been one of my favorite novels."--Susan Isaacs "It is an occasion worth celebrating when a sparkling novel, a work of wit, irony, and feeling is brought back into print after an absence of many years. So uncork the champagne for I Capture the Castle ."-- Los Angeles Times "A delicious, compulsively readable novel about young love and its vicissitudes. What fun!"--Erica Jong, "This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met." -- J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series "Dreamy and funny . . . an odd, shimmering timelessness clings to its pages. A thousand and one cheers for its reissue. A+" -- Entertainment Weekly " I Capture the Castle is finally back in print. It should be welcomed with a bouquet of roses and a brass band. Ever since I was handed a tattered copy years ago with the recommendation 'You'll love it,' it has been one of my favorite novels." -- Susan Isaacs "It is an occasion worth celebrating when a sparkling novel, a work of wit, irony, and feeling is brought back into print after an absence of many years. So uncork the champagne for I Capture the Castle ." -- Los Angeles Times "A delicious, compulsively readable novel about young love and its vicissitudes. What fun!" -- Erica Jong, Dreamy and funny . . . an odd, shimmering timelessness clings to its pages. A thousand and one cheers for its reissue. A+, "This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met."--J.K. Rowling, author of theHarry Potterseries "Dreamy and funny . . . an odd, shimmering timelessness clings to its pages. A thousand and one cheers for its reissue. A+"--Entertainment Weekly "I Capture the Castleis finally back in print. It should be welcomed with a bouquet of roses and a brass band. Ever since I was handed a tattered copy years ago with the recommendation 'You'll love it,' it has been one of my favorite novels."--Susan Isaacs "It is an occasion worth celebrating when a sparkling novel, a work of wit, irony, and feeling is brought back into print after an absence of many years. So uncork the champagne forI Capture the Castle."--Los Angeles Times "A delicious, compulsively readable novel about young love and its vicissitudes. What fun!"--Erica Jong
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal823/.9/12
Edition DescriptionRevised edition,Media tie-in
SynopsisOne of the 20th century's most beloved novels is still winning hearts, Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle ! "This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met." -- J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series Adapted to a feature film in 2003, I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle"-- and the heart of the reader-- in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments., A delicious, compulsively readable novel about young love and its vicissitudes. What fun!" -- Erica Jong, One of the 20th Century's most beloved novels is still winning hearts I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle"-- and the heart of the reader-- in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments. "This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met." -- J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series
LC Classification NumberPR6037.M38I2 1998

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