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I Capture the Castle

Av: Dodie Smith
Berättare: Jenny Agutter
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In this coming of age story, Dodie Smith introduces the visionary and eccentric character of seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain. The youngest daughter in a family of impoverished artists, it is her imagination and writing that takes us away from the ramshackle old English castle where they live, and towards an intriguing tale of husband-hunting and light-hearted sibling rivalry.

With the arrival of their new landlords, the impossibly handsome and wealthy American brothers, Neil and Simon Cotton, the Mortmains are roused from their stupor and moved to action. Despite developing feelings for the younger of the two brothers, Cassandra's beautiful sister, Rose, plots to marry the eldest heir in a desperate attempt to escape the poverty which surrounds her.

When Cassandra finds herself falling in love for the very first time with the same man as her sister, she explores her mixed emotions through her writing, making this a story which revels in irony and ambiguity.

A deceptively complex and intelligent story, I Capture the Castle is Smith's first published work and one which will undoubtedly and simultaneously make listeners tut, laugh and reminisce.

Narrator Biography

Jenny Agutter is a celebrated English stage, film and TV actress who was first brought to the attention of British audiences as a child, starring in East of Sudan and The Railway Children. She made her Hollywood debut in the critically acclaimed film Walkabout, in 1971, followed by Logan's Run, An American Werewolf in London and Child's Play 2.

Her TV career includes appearances on Spooks, Call the Midwife and The Man in the Iron Mask. Alongside this, Jenny is also considered one of the best classical actors of her generation and has performed with both the Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre. She is an Emmy and BAFTA award winner and was awarded an OBE on the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List for charitable services.

Jenny's other Audible audiobook narrations include Jane Austen's Emma, Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and E. Nesbit's The Railway Children.

©2000 Dodie Smith (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
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"A good story, flourishing characters, and the most persuasive narrative voice." ( Guardian [London])
"This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met." (J.K. Rowling)
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Ms. Smith gets it all right: The atmosphere, the persons, the clothing, the food, the traveling, the emotions, the scenery, the fun of it all.
She was probably homesick for England when she wrote it and she does let you see everything. In not so many books are descriptions of the scenery als entertaining and enjoyable.
One might argue that hearing it makes it happen too fast. But then you could buy the book an read it again, to a renewed pleasure.

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A really nice book, great reader. I recommend it to everybody who liked 'the secret garden', 'Jane Eyre' and Edith Nesbit story tales.

lovely dreamy & warmhearted story

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