I Capture the Castle (Audio book) - Abridged Edition

Informationen zum Autor Dodie Smith (1896-1990) was an English novelist and playwright, best known for One Hundred and One Dalmatians . Klappentext The cherished bestseller from the author of The Hundred and One Dalmatians The cherished bestseller from the author of The Hundred and One Dalmatians Zusammenfassung This is the wonderful journal of Cassandra Mortmain, aged 17. A heartwarming and completely original coming-of-age story, it is the account of one year in her life and that of her extraordinary family. With great wit and sensitivity Cassandra reveals her eccentric father with writer's block, her clever younger brother Tom, and eldest sister Rose, beautiful, bored, and mainly interested in marrying a rich man. Then there is their stepmother Topaz, a rather exotic artist's model, and Stephen who works for the family and is hopelessly in love with Cassandra. When two young American men, Simon and Neil, arrive to live nearby, the lives of this intimate community are changed forever. Cassandra records the events in her diary from the crumbling castle, which is their home. The result is marvellously funny and genuinely moving. Emilia Fox the narrator, is one of Britain's best-loved television and radio actors, and star of Silent Witness .

Product details

• Authors: Dodie Smith
• Assisted by: Emilia Fox (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 18
• Product format: CD-Audio
• Released: 17.04.2003
• EAN: 9781901768879
• ISBN: 978-1-901768-87-9
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 145 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Classics, Interest age: from c 12 years