There's been no inspiration for years and Cassandra's sister Rose is desperate to escape their genteel poverty-but how's a girl trapped in a broken-down castle in the back of beyond supposed to meet eligible (rich) young men? No worries.enter the handsome,wealthy, and single young Americans Simon and Neil Cotton who have just inherited nearby Scoatney Hall.Ĭassandra hones her writing skills as she describes life in the castle before and after the Cottons arrive. He hoped the atmospheric setting would inspire him. James retreated with his family to the castle when writer's block plagues him. Life quite a bit since Cassandra's father James Mortmain was theĭarling of the United States with his first novel Jacob Wrestling. Money, and barely enough food to continue living. In a dilapidated English castle (with moat and everything!), barely any Months and tells us about her eccentric family life. She fills three notebooks over the course of six I Capture the Castle (1948) by Dodie Smith is really the diary of Cassandra Mortmain, a 17-year old girl in 1930s England.
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