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Description
Now a major motion picture from the Academy Award-winning producer of Shakespeare in Love 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... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Cassandra Mortmain: Protagonist, the younger daughter and the story's narrator, has literary ambitions and spends a lot of time developing her writing talent by "capturing" everything around her in her journal.
- Rose Mortmain: Older sister. Quite the classic English beauty.
- Mr. Mortmain: Reclusive author.
- Topaz: Mr. Mortmain's second wife. Former model. Fan of eccentric dress.
- Simon Cotton: American.
- Neil Cotton: American.
Memorable Quotes
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“Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.”
First Sentence
I WRITE THIS sitting in the kitchen sink.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Dodie Smith (Author)
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